Obama’s Interior Department Gives Final Approval to Brazilian Oil Company’s Gulf of Mexico Deep Water Floating Facility
Yes, as he continues to hold up drilling permits for U.S. oil companies in the Gulf.
(Reuters) — The U.S. Interior Department said on Thursday it gave final approval for Petrobras to use the first ever deepwater floating production storage facility in the Gulf of Mexico.
The facility will be used when the company begins oil and natural gas production at its Chinook-Cascade project in the near future, the department said. Petrobras is based in Brazil.
A Petrobras official who asked not to be identified told Reuters that production would begin in May.
The floating facility has a daily production capacity of 80,000 barrels of oil and 16 million cubic feet of gas. It can be disconnected and moved out of the path of a storm, unlike permanently moored production platforms, preventing long-term supply disruptions because of storms.
“These regulatory approvals pave the way for safe, new production of oil and gas resources in the Gulf of Mexico,” said Michael Bromwich, who heads the department’s agency that oversees offshore drilling.
Such vessels are common for offshore production in other countries without seabed pipelines to transport oil and gas to shore, such as West Africa and Brazil. Petrobras has a fleet of them off Brazil’s shores, and Exxon Mobil Corp uses one of the largest units in the world at one of its fields in offshore Angola.
Timely, considering the First Family’s upcoming holiday to Rio.
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IIRC George Soros has close the a $billion in Petrobras.
The Soros-invested Brazilian Petrobras… No wonder the First Thug Family is off to Rio.
What does it take to impeach this joke in a tie?
Timely! Suspicious! Blatant!
Isn’t he in CONTEMPT for the moratorium on our offshore drilling! This guy is so devious, and sinister, it is unbelievable that half of this country gave him all that power. FRICK’N unreal.
@whthfk and @rae4Palin
If you come by, I found an article you might like, on Palin. Mentions her energy expertise, and I guess she did a recent expose for one of the papers, on Obama’s inept/deliberate handling of the energy situation. Very complimentary of Gov. Palin.
http://www.nysun.com/opinion/palin-doctrine-emerges-as-arab-league-echoes-her/87263/
Can you say “conflict of interest” on quite a number of levels?
He and Dilma Rousseff can talk about their youth. She was a socialist and a member in good standing with left wing and Marxist guerilla groups.
My thought exactly, Shadowblitz! Like a nightmare you can’t wake up from.
Don’t wait for the Left to start screaming about the link between Obama and BIG OIL.
The George Soros connection was my first thought as well when I first read that headline. There is no way in hell this is a coincidence. How much longer are we going to put up with this much corruption?
soros’s money buys what soros wants, domination of business
Another shining example proving that Hussein and his administration ARE ANTI-AMERICAN!
hopefully the wookie doesn’t try to go rio with the butt floss on the beach
Will PetroChina be the next one?
http://www.bluecollarphilosophy.com/2011/02/petrochina-buys-into-the-canadian-gas-market.html
Don’t be surprised.
There are no freaking coincidences with this clown. This was the plan.
@Nick Shaw
just doing as his old cock sucking Nazi boss tells him to. Making money for Soros while he destroying another countries infrastructure.
more black slaves died in Brazil than were ever shipped to America…
Do you think Brazil will ever pay reparations? lol
What do you expect for one that just got off the plantation?
And here Ladies and Gentlemen is the reason Teh Won and Teh Wookie are on their way to RIO……
TreyTalon says:
March 18, 2011 at 12:35 pm
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@whthfk and @rae4Palin
If you come by, I found an article you might like, on Palin. Mentions her energy expertise, and I guess she did a recent expose for one of the papers, on Obama’s inept/deliberate handling of the energy situation. Very complimentary of Gov. Palin.
http://www.nysun.com/opinion/palin-doctrine-emerges-as-arab-league-echoes-her/87263/
Thank you so much that article was great !!!..The more I hear,read or see about Sarah the better she becomes.
If we take all our favorite Conservatives players and mixed and matched them to their strongest points we would have one Kick Ass Presidency .Mix and match and we would freaking ROCK….. I bet you not one of those people if they were president right now,would be planing a thank you for selling our America tour like obama is.
of course if any of them were president right now we would have never been in this mess.
Pailin.
West.
Bolton,
Cain,
Rubio,
Ryan.
Aid and comfort to our enemies (yes, Brazil has a Marxist terrorist president whose Party is very closely allied with the open Communists there: http://newzeal.blogspot.com/2010/12/dilma-rousseff-brazils-radical_06.html )
Zero has much treason to work out in addition to many parties.
How convenient. He can pick up his suitcase full of ‘gratitude’ from the Petrobras officials in person!
this moron we have for i dont want to say it president is playing all of us fo fools he will get his in the end . I SWEAR HE WILL BE IN A WARM PLACE!!
this moron we have for i dont want to say it president is playing all of us foR fools he will get his in the end . I SWEAR HE WILL BE IN A WARM PLACE!!
Articles of impeachment? Add another ‘Whereas ‘ to the growing list. Where are the prosecuters?
AS TAXPAYERS, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY OUR TAX DOLLARS GO TO EVERY OTHER COUNTRY, YET THE U.S.A. GET PISSED ON….THIS OF NOT LETTING AMERICANS DRILL IN OUR OWN WATERS IS A CRIME
TO THE PEOPLE, THE CONSTITUTION, AND WE CAN IMPEACH OBAMA, BUT WHO IS THE HONEST JUDGE TO HEAR THIS CASE..ONE THING..WHEN WE GET OUT OF THIS, THEIR WILL BE HEARINGS ON EVERY CORRUPT JUDGE THAT THREW THESE CASE OUT…I JUST HOPE I’M ALIVE WHEN IT HAPPENS
He is either a fool or a traitor. Can anyone name one postive thing he has done for the USA?
All part of the Globalists master plan! Bring America down!
Shillary (stooge for barry/globalist/marxist) commited to the UN small arms treaty! When/If this signed is will give total control to this administration to take ALL of our firearms and ammo! I and most of you ,will go from my cold dead hands………….! This idea goes back to “Bubba’s administration!
Also, there have been multiple articles lately on barry’s plan to confiscate all 401′s and ALL retirement accounts to serve as collatoral for more borrowing from the Chinese!
I don’t see the Repub’s standing up to this guy in large enough numbers. I know most of them don’t want to upset their “gravey train”!
Now, a distraction in Libia that the US should NEVER be involved in! It’s going to cost us big time! Billions! Opening salvo 120 cruise missles? They don’t give them away! I believe there propulsion system is GE made, big surprise!
Mean while back in Brazil, this morning barry is complimenting there sucess and how far there have raised there standard of living! Their fucking Marxist!
Soros can’t truck all that money up for his judgment day…or pay off Satan to get out of being forked in the ass for eternity.
And at this point I think Obama can do anything he wants nothing he does seems to warrant impeachment. Maybe we should find Monica and have her as the last hope.