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Two-thirds of oil and gas leases in Gulf inactive
Associated Press ^
| 03/29/2011
| Julie Pace
Posted on 03/29/2011 11:25:31 AM PDT by safetysign
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To: Black Agnes
Most of them are deep water? That doesn’t seem right.
I guess I’ll go digging for myself
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posted on
03/29/2011 12:50:27 PM PDT
by
Lorianne
(o)
To: Lorianne
To: Lorianne
Yes. I am in the oil and gas INDUSTRY! The so-called “moratorium” was lifted, BUT THEY STILL ARE NOT ISSUING DRILLING PERMITS! The OFFSHORE BAN lives on. Now we have a “Permitatorium”!
To: Lorianne
Noble rig leaves U.S. Gulf for Brazil (from early March)
Last week, the Interior Department approved the first deep-water drilling permit since a five-month moratorium on the practice was lifted in October. But the oil and gas industry says the process must move faster or more rigs will leave, jobs will be lost and U.S. offshore oil production will decline.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2683712/posts
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posted on
03/29/2011 2:25:36 PM PDT
by
WOBBLY BOB
( "I don't want the majority if we don't stand for something"- Jim Demint)
To: Lorianne; K-Stater; Siena Dreaming
There is a reason why the report and the story do not give any details. The purpose is to make Big Oil look lazy and greedy. If you were told how many of those leases are inaccessible, or how many are economically unfeesable then you would know why they are inactive. But it is better that you think ill of the oil companies and you would do well to remember that 0 and the EmoRats are your saviours.
Now shut up, get back to work and pay your taxes serf!
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posted on
03/29/2011 2:36:51 PM PDT
by
Drill Thrawl
(I don't prep for the disaster. I prepare for the rebuilding.)
To: WOBBLY BOB
But the oil and gas industry says the process must move faster or more rigs will leave, jobs will be lost and U.S. offshore oil production will decline.That is the goal!
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posted on
03/29/2011 2:39:01 PM PDT
by
Drill Thrawl
(I don't prep for the disaster. I prepare for the rebuilding.)
To: Drill Thrawl
Seems to me the vagueness is being used here at FR to promote the “Obama is stopping all drilling” meme.
I’m sure the vagueness is being used elsewhere to promote the Big Oil is lazy and greedy” meme.
I don’t see much evidence of either one
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posted on
03/29/2011 2:49:28 PM PDT
by
Lorianne
(o)
To: Lorianne
But you are aware that bans have been put in place. So, 1 + 1=. 2
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posted on
03/29/2011 7:15:37 PM PDT
by
HollyB
Or we can just give the rights over to Brazil instead...after all soros has big stakes in the Brazilian co that will be drilling in OUR gulf.
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posted on
03/29/2011 7:17:56 PM PDT
by
HollyB
To: HollyB
Are the bans related to the ‘inactive’ leases in the story?
No one will answer this, and the story craftily doesn’t say either.
That says a lot to me.
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posted on
03/29/2011 8:01:29 PM PDT
by
Lorianne
(o)
To: Admin Moderator
I would argue this should be "breaking news" since Obama is claiming we need to reduce oil/gas imports by 10%...
But I guess we have an Idiot-In-Chief in the White House...
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posted on
03/30/2011 10:44:45 AM PDT
by
topher
(Traditional values -- especially family values -- are the values that time has proven them to work)
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