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Old 09-18-2011, 07:12 PM
 
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Cuba has oil and is about to start drilling for it. But because of the embargo U.S oil experts can't help Cuba even if a spill happens.

Oil discovery in Cuba gets US notice | GlobalPost
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Old 11-24-2011, 07:51 PM
 
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China is working with Cuba so the US will not interfere with them. I see a major oil spillage in the works and Cuba and China will be blamed for it and the US will come to the rescue.


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The US should uplift the embargo against Cuba though. The USA is losing $ by not trading with Cuba. Also, Cuba is forced to live in the dark ages due to the embargo. I love how the UN assembly wants the US to end the embargo but the bill always gets neglected.

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Old 11-24-2011, 09:11 PM
 
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China is financing oil drilling off the coast of Cuba. Who's tanker ships will China/Cuba use to transport the oil? Where will they bring the oil to be refined?
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Old 11-25-2011, 01:22 AM
 
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China is financing oil drilling off the coast of Cuba. Who's tanker ships will China/Cuba use to transport the oil? Where will they bring the oil to be refined?
China can create anything so i guess they can create/use/buy an oil tanker ship. Maybe Venezuela for the oil refinery.
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Old 11-25-2011, 01:46 PM
 
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China can create anything so i guess they can create/use/buy an oil tanker ship. Maybe Venezuela for the oil refinery.
Do the Venezuelans and Chinese have the drilling technology needed to access the offshore wells?

Petrobras had to pull out of Cuba due to not having the technology, which I'm pretty sure is only available in the US.
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Old 11-25-2011, 04:42 PM
 
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Do the Venezuelans and Chinese have the drilling technology needed to access the offshore wells?

Petrobras had to pull out of Cuba due to not having the technology, which I'm pretty sure is only available in the US.

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/americas/cuba/110909/oil-discovery-cuba-united-states

The fact that the drilling rig was built in China should not raise concerns, said delegation member Lee Hunt, president of the Houston-based International Association of Drilling Contractors, a trade group. As many six other rigs already working safely in the Gulf of Mexico were built in the same Chinese shipyard, Hunt said.
“It has the latest generation of equipment,” said Hunt.
American trade sanctions against Cuba prohibited the use of more than 10 percent U.S. technology in the rig’s construction, but Hunt said the Norwegian-designed platform will have an American-made blowout-prevention system that is more advanced than the one which failed on the Deepwater Horizon.
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