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New oil find in California
Los Angeles Times ^ | September 24, 2009 | Ronald D. White

Posted on 09/23/2009 7:19:50 PM PDT by larry hagedon

New oil discovery in California; one more place to not drill here drill now.

Oxy oil discovery could spark new interest in California's energy potential The biggest find in the state in 35 years, somewhere in Kern County, could herald new exploration in California and the U.S., experts say. But some worry it could lead to a false sense of security.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: discovery; oil; petroleum
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1 posted on 09/23/2009 7:19:51 PM PDT by larry hagedon
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To: larry hagedon

Can’t drill there, they might kill a rare mosquito or something.


2 posted on 09/23/2009 7:20:41 PM PDT by madison10
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To: larry hagedon

They should let North Korea or Brazil or Mexico drill for it, then sell the oil to Europe!


3 posted on 09/23/2009 7:21:57 PM PDT by Dallas59
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To: larry hagedon

Unless its on Nazi Pelosi’s property, forget it. Why would California ever need more oil?

Pray for America


4 posted on 09/23/2009 7:23:16 PM PDT by bray (He's a Divider not a Uniter)
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To: bray

There is oil leaking out of the ground in California.


5 posted on 09/23/2009 7:24:39 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: madison10

God has blessed California with a vast amount of resources from oil to fertile soil to grow virtually anything. Now all we have to do is get rid of the liberals and then our great state can attain its potential.


6 posted on 09/23/2009 7:25:06 PM PDT by Son-Joshua (son-joshua)
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To: larry hagedon

That area has always been rich in oil... not a surprise.


7 posted on 09/23/2009 7:26:15 PM PDT by Arizona Carolyn
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To: larry hagedon

Al Gore was a big stockholder in Occidental Petroleum, inherited from his father, who was a protege of Armand Hammer.

I wonder if he still owns the stock.


8 posted on 09/23/2009 7:27:14 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: larry hagedon

...as if Obama will permit them to actually pump oil.

LOL.


9 posted on 09/23/2009 7:27:52 PM PDT by BobL
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To: larry hagedon

Sounds like a new discovery in Elk Hills which Oxidental got from the government years ago.


10 posted on 09/23/2009 7:28:58 PM PDT by dalereed
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To: larry hagedon

this will be interesting - guess whose daddy and now the son have made a fortune with Oxy -

http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=yfp-t-701-s&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF8&rd=r2&p=al%20gore%20occidental


11 posted on 09/23/2009 7:30:54 PM PDT by maine-iac7 ("He has the right to criticize who has the heart to help" LINCOLN)
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To: larry hagedon
If we allowed oil drilling here in the US the following problems would be fixed:

Its really a no brainer. The only thing standing in the way is the Democratic party.

12 posted on 09/23/2009 7:34:57 PM PDT by OldCorps
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To: Cicero

He made a big chunk of money when Occidental was allowed to buy the Naval Petroleum Reserve. Something he forgot to disclose until the deal was done. Oops!


13 posted on 09/23/2009 7:40:07 PM PDT by abigailsmybaby (To understan' the livin' you got to commune wit' da dead.)
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To: larry hagedon
California will not be allow to extract the oil because of endangered roach found in nearby Nevada desert which migrates to California every year. You can bet the environmental groups will file enough law suits to prevent anything actually contributing to society or to the well being of the citizens of California.
14 posted on 09/23/2009 7:42:46 PM PDT by reader25
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To: thackney

Ping


15 posted on 09/23/2009 7:42:58 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: abigailsmybaby

” the Defense Authorization Act of 1996, the U.S. Department of Energy was directed to sell the assets of NPR-1. On February 5, 1998, the Department of Energy and Occidental Petroleum Corporation concluded the largest divestiture of federal property in the history of the U.S. government. The sale agreement completed a privatization process that began in 1995 when the Clinton Administration proposed selling Elk Hills. The divestment removed the federal government out of the business of producing oil and gas at Elk Hills. In May 1995 the Clinton Administration proposed placing the federally-owned Elk Hills Naval Petroleum Reserve on the market as part of its efforts to reduce the size of government and return inherently non-federal functions to the private sector. In February 1996, the Congress passed and the President signed the Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 containing authorization to proceed with the sale”

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/npr.htm


16 posted on 09/23/2009 7:44:51 PM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin
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To: larry hagedon

Obamabots, libs, greenies and other one-worlders will be P.O.’d tonight.


17 posted on 09/23/2009 7:44:51 PM PDT by Iron Munro ("You can't kill the beast while sucking at its teat." - Claire Wolfe)
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To: Lurkina.n.Learnin

Anytime Democrats suddenly take an interest in reducing the size of government (not to mention privatizing government oil) you have to realize you’re seeing a sleight of hand in action.


18 posted on 09/23/2009 7:48:47 PM PDT by marron
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To: dalereed
Wasn't that a secret bidding process? Oxcy won the bid, but there was never a straight answer for how much, and how much others bid on it, right?

This took place as Clinton/Gore were voted out, right before they hit the "out" door (with the "w" keys pried from Whitehouse keyboards in their back pockets).

A pay-off to Hammer & Oxy, with the Gore's still holding Oxy stock. If not all of what they had a-hold of, open & out-right, then by proxy shells, oh, you betcha!

19 posted on 09/23/2009 7:49:39 PM PDT by BlueDragon (...materialism is the philosophy of the subject who forgets to take account of himself.)
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But some worry it could lead to a false sense of security.

Yeah, because relying on OPEC and enemies who hate us is a much more secure situation./LA@ssholes

20 posted on 09/23/2009 7:51:10 PM PDT by ponygirl (Racist my Asstroturf)
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