Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Petrobras Hires 80% of Deepwater Rigs, Inflates Rents
me ^ | May 15, 2008 | Joe Carroll

Posted on 05/15/2008 6:36:40 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand

Bloomberg, so cannot be posted (why?).

Title says it all, but the story can be found here.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chavez; energy; oil; petrobras

1 posted on 05/15/2008 6:36:41 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: the invisib1e hand

When you can’t post from a source just do a quick rewrite and summary.

Petrobras is Brazil’s state-controlled oil company.
It has rented 80% of the entire worlds offshore drilling rigs.
They are searching for oil in their new oil discovery area, the largest found in many years. They are rentting rigs that can search in depths of at least 9800ft.
This activity has caused the rental price of remaining drilling rigs to skyrocket.


2 posted on 05/15/2008 7:09:20 PM PDT by Bobalu (What do I know, I'm a Typical White Guy)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Bobalu

Good for Petrobras.

They use the services of many U.S. Oil fiend service companies and they will likely come in with a big find.


3 posted on 05/15/2008 7:49:36 PM PDT by trumandogz ("He is erratic. He is hotheaded. He loses his temper and it worries me." Sen Cochran on McCain)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: trumandogz
Oil fiend

My V12 Jaguar is one of these...

4 posted on 05/15/2008 7:57:30 PM PDT by Onelifetogive (Simple-minded conservative...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: the invisib1e hand

Fine for me. I own shares in both PBR and DO. I bought the former in 2005. Isn’t that nice?


5 posted on 05/15/2008 8:34:40 PM PDT by buck jarret
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: buck jarret
Flunky states:

Fine for me. I own shares in both PBR and DO. I bought the former in 2005. Isn’t that nice?

Trust me newbie, nobody give a f*ck.

BTW, post the CUSIP's and then I will believe you.

GXK

6 posted on 05/15/2008 8:53:32 PM PDT by UnBubba
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: Onelifetogive

I bet that V12 sucks a lot of petrol.

While that spelling error was not intentional, I laughed to myself as I hit the post button.


7 posted on 05/15/2008 8:54:23 PM PDT by trumandogz ("He is erratic. He is hotheaded. He loses his temper and it worries me." Sen Cochran on McCain)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: kellynla

Petroleo Brasileiro SA, Brazil’s state-controlled oil company, leased about 80 percent of the world’s deepest-drilling offshore rigs

ping


8 posted on 05/16/2008 5:24:30 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson