Venezuela seizes oil rigs owned by US company

Associated Press ^ | June 24, 2010 | FABIOLA SANCHEZ

[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 ...

[DrewsMum]

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[Salvation]

War?

[MountainDad]

***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!!!

[Travis McGee]

Ranya’s a lot younger, that’s for sure.

[ichabod1]

You lie down with dogs... One thing pretty certain, none of the gulf rigs will be going to VZ.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

Don’t you just love that tough State Department talk.

“God, I could listen to it for hours” - Adolph Hitler

[castlebrew]

‘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...

[the OlLine Rebel]

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.

[struggle]

Plug the well and blow the rig.

[the OlLine Rebel]

You mean, spike it?

[struggle]

Exactly - or even worse, place some inflatables, blow the rig legs, and tow the suckers back home.

Now that’s the American way.

[editor-surveyor]

That’s what happens when we have an effemiate powder puff for a president. Just like having Carter back, or worse.
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[Diggity]

At least Carter was an American.

[Sequoyah101]

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?

[matthew fuller]

"At one time, American politicians had brains and balls. "

At one time, American Presidents were Americans.

[Cyber Ninja]

Guns and Roses.

[Sequoyah101]

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.

[Sequoyah101]

Citgo is not Valero.

Valero is a pretty good company.

[Sequoyah101]

Because the owners had a gut full of Citgo.

[Liberty Valance]