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Venezuela seizes oil rigs owned by US company
Associated Press ^
| June 24, 2010
| FABIOLA SANCHEZ
Posted on 06/24/2010 3:32:30 PM PDT by jackspyder
CARACAS, Venezuela Venezuela's government has seized control of 11 oil rigs owned by U.S. driller Helmerich & Payne, which shut them down because the state oil company was behind on payments.
Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez announced that Venezuela would nationalize the Tulsa, Oklahoma-based company's rigs. He said in a statement Wednesday that Helmerich & Payne had rejected government demands to resume drilling operations for more than a year ...
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TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chavez; farginwar; hugoland; oil; oilrigs; seize; venezuela; war
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To: FrankR
101
posted on
06/24/2010 7:19:27 PM PDT
by
DrewsMum
(Somebody please put the Constitution on his teleprompter....)
To: jackspyder
102
posted on
06/24/2010 7:24:18 PM PDT
by
Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
To: dragnet2
***At one time, America was not overrun with tens of millions of illegal aliens, aided and abetted by our own government.***
At one time, America was not overrun with tens of millions of of "Obama voters" either!
Unbelieveable how clueless they are!!!
103
posted on
06/24/2010 7:25:08 PM PDT
by
MountainDad
(Support your local Militia)
To: glock rocks
Ranya’s a lot younger, that’s for sure.
104
posted on
06/24/2010 7:28:07 PM PDT
by
Travis McGee
(---www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com---)
To: dragnet2
You lie down with dogs... One thing pretty certain, none of the gulf rigs will be going to VZ.
105
posted on
06/24/2010 7:42:46 PM PDT
by
ichabod1
(I'm no longer so frightened. I'm simply disgusted, It feels better.)
To: jackspyder
Don’t you just love that tough State Department talk.
“God, I could listen to it for hours” - Adolph Hitler
To: dragnet2
‘If were an investor in Ensco, I’d be bailing out right now.”
If I were Ensco, I’d be scuttling them about now. See if Chavez can clean up the mess once I un-ass the AO...
107
posted on
06/24/2010 8:47:35 PM PDT
by
castlebrew
(Gun control means hitting where you're aiming!)
To: jackspyder
OMG!
“This is the latest in such an instance where ... investments are being nationalized by the government of Venezuela. It doesn’t speak or bode well for the investment climate there.”
This must be the Understatement of the Year.
And absurd because these rat-bastards should have their collective hiney literally whipped for their actions.
108
posted on
06/24/2010 9:06:35 PM PDT
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
To: jackspyder
Plug the well and blow the rig.
109
posted on
06/24/2010 9:08:45 PM PDT
by
struggle
((The struggle continues))
To: struggle
110
posted on
06/24/2010 9:10:51 PM PDT
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
To: the OlLine Rebel
Exactly - or even worse, place some inflatables, blow the rig legs, and tow the suckers back home.
Now that’s the American way.
111
posted on
06/24/2010 9:12:36 PM PDT
by
struggle
((The struggle continues))
To: jackspyder
That’s what happens when we have an effemiate powder puff for a president. Just like having Carter back, or worse.
.
112
posted on
06/24/2010 9:15:05 PM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
(Obamacare is America's kristallnacht !!)
To: editor-surveyor
At least Carter was an American.
113
posted on
06/24/2010 9:15:57 PM PDT
by
Diggity
To: Secret Agent Man
Just a bunch of red voting, okie oil barons...nothing of interest to obastard or any of his other piss ants.
Where is the tipping point?
How much more humiliation and destruction does the country have to endure? How much more will it stand for and how will it be stopped?
114
posted on
06/24/2010 9:21:47 PM PDT
by
Sequoyah101
(Half of the population is below average)
To: RWB Patriot
"At one time, American politicians had brains and balls. "At one time, American Presidents were Americans.
115
posted on
06/24/2010 9:22:00 PM PDT
by
matthew fuller
(Can we repeal the twenty-sixth amendment now?)
To: Sequoyah101
116
posted on
06/24/2010 9:24:06 PM PDT
by
Cyber Ninja
(Rebuke, Renounce, Repeal, Repeat,...)
To: dynachrome
Sodium Silicate in the crankcases should do just fine.
It’ll seize the bearings in just a couple of minutes. Engines won’t be good for much but scrap afterwards.
That is what I would do. Wouldn’t put up with the crap for five minutes.
117
posted on
06/24/2010 9:27:42 PM PDT
by
Sequoyah101
(Half of the population is below average)
To: Cyber Liberty
Citgo is not Valero.
Valero is a pretty good company.
118
posted on
06/24/2010 9:28:28 PM PDT
by
Sequoyah101
(Half of the population is below average)
To: Cyber Liberty
Because the owners had a gut full of Citgo.
119
posted on
06/24/2010 9:30:53 PM PDT
by
Sequoyah101
(Half of the population is below average)
To: jackspyder
120
posted on
06/24/2010 9:31:12 PM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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