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 ...

[broken_arrow1]

From one communist to another, Chavez showing Obama how to get around the blocked deepwater moratorium.

[NonValueAdded]

Maybe H&P can sue and get the keys to a whole bunch of CITGO stations.

[FrankR]

I know they took the oil wells, but did they say anything bad about obama?

No?

Oh well....

[dragnet2]

At one time, American politicians had brains and balls.

At one time, America was not overrun with tens of millions of illegal aliens, aided and abetted by our own government.

[BitWielder1]

I suspect 0 and Hugo were in agreement before it was announced.
However, since 0 wants to do the same thing here, I suggest he starts with CITGO.

[4Liberty]

Pirates.

[Eleutheria5]

Is this an act of war? Will there be any consequences for Chavez at all?

[Cyber Liberty]

I don’t have much sympathy for companies that continued to do business with Chavez after he nationalized the first batch of companies.

[PMAS]

What’s ZX ?

[Oldeconomybuyer]

We need to send Nobel Prize winners to talk to Hugo. /crap

[Boardwalk]

Chavez can probably do a better job of enforcing regualations that keep oil from gushing. It’s in Florida now and there is no stopping it with 0bama at the helm. The best he can do is rearrange the deck chairs and play some McCartney.

[4Liberty]

[WHBates]

Yes, just what I was thinking both losers. At least Obama is making even Carter look good at this point.

[JDoutrider]

It's way past time to do a "Noriega" on Chavez...

Hell! It's way past time to do a "Noriega" on our purple lipped peacock as well!

[Boardwalk]

0bama had better grow a beard and stop shaving because if his daughter has to ask daddy if he plugged the hole every time she is going to have major issues one day.

[4Liberty]

[dfwgator]

Venezuela needs a Pinochet.

[Centurion2000]

At one time, marines were used when foreign governments seized our property.

That was when we had leaders worth a damn.

[dynachrome]

Email for corporate at Helmerich & Payne, in case you wish to give advice on how to sabotage the rigs’ equipment as chavez takes over:

webmaster@hpinc.com

[Cicero]

This would have been all over the media in the old days, and people would be demanding that the government do something about it.

Now, Chavez isn’t doing anything that Obama wouldn’t do.