Russia to drill for oil off Cuba - Democratic Underground

dipsydoodle

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Wed Jul-29-09 11:29 PM
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Russia to drill for oil off Cuba

Source: BBC News

Russia is to begin oil exploration in the Gulf of Mexico, after signing a deal with Cuba, says Cuban state media.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin signed four contracts securing exploration rights in Cuba's economic zone in the Gulf.

Havana says there may be some 20bn barrels of oil of its coast but the US puts that estimate at five billion.

Russia and Cuba have been working to revitalise relations, which cooled after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8172917.stm

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Selatius

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Wed Jul-29-09 11:51 PM
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1. We could try slant drilling to get at Cuban oil without ever actually intruding on Cuban turf.

The effect would be to get at Cuban oil without actually asking them for their permission because there would be no American oil rig within their economic zone.

I know, I'm playing devil's advocate, but there's always some oil man somewhere thinking the same thing. I guarantee it.

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dysfunctional press

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Thu Jul-30-09 12:00 AM
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2. excellent...

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global1

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Thu Jul-30-09 12:11 AM
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3. Is That Mr. Burns Or Dick Cheney?.......nt

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dysfunctional press

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Thu Jul-30-09 12:42 AM
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6. yes

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Brother Buzz

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Thu Jul-30-09 12:12 AM
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4. A better link

Edited on Thu Jul-30-09 12:22 AM by Brother Buzz

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8175704.stm

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Mudoria

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Thu Jul-30-09 12:31 AM
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5. If they drill with the usual Russian competence

the Gulf will probably be a huge oil slick within six months..

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Judi Lynn

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Thu Jul-30-09 01:00 AM
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7. Like the Exxon-Valdez event, or the Prudhoe Bay, or the North Slope, etc.? n/t

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dipsydoodle

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Thu Jul-30-09 02:49 AM
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8. CORRECTED LINK HERE

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8175704.stm

Thanks to Brother Buzz for the correction - not sure what had happended before when I obviously used a link to a Swiss Army Knife ! :shrug:

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Brother Buzz

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Thu Jul-30-09 03:01 PM
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9. The knife with 314 blades is in the Guinness Book of Records!

A cool story, nevertheless.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8172917.stm

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mac56

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Thu Jul-30-09 04:11 PM
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10. so how long till Cuba joins OPEC?

just askin'

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