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| Oil discovered off Greenland coast. Usual suspects bitch. |
| 2010-09-23 |
| [Al Jazeera] A British energy company says it has made its first oil discovery off the coast of Greenland, weeks after environmental muscle attempted to stop drilling in the area. Cairn Energy said on Tuesday it had found two types of oil after drilling in the Baffin Bay Basin, as well as further evidence of gas. "The presence of both oil and gas confirms an active, working petroleum system in the basin and is extremely encouraging at this very early stage of our exploration campaign," Bill Gammell, the exploration firm's chief executive, said. The company is said to be spending $400m this year on drilling four wells off Greenland. Ove Karl Berthelsen, Greenland's minister in charge of mineral resources, said Tuesday's find was "another encouraging result". But the exploration has angered environmental muscle who say drilling for oil could harm the region's fragile ecosystem. Last month Greenpeace muscle managed to temporarily halt Cairn's drilling operations, after four campaigners scaled the Stena Don oil rig. The company has responded to concerns about the environmental impact of its operations, saying its exploration complies with "some of the strictest regulations in the world" that have been laid down by the government in Greenland. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 "the exploration has angered environmental muscle" None of whom are actually Greenlanders. You clowns need to mind your own goddam business. What goes on in Greenland is the sole business of the citizens of Greenland. Period. Buzz off. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2010-09-23 22:59 |
| #7 And what makes that ecosystem any more "fragile" than any other? Think about it ... that place is put into the deep freeze every year getting down below -30F and that doesn't break the "fragile" ecosystem. It isn't all that "fragile". |
| Posted by: crosspatch 2010-09-23 15:43 |
| #6 Which is exactly why the environmentalists are against any drilling there. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2010-09-23 09:24 |
| #5 Boy, that would be bad, changing a whole bunch of Greenlanders' lives for the better. |
| Posted by: Mizzou Mafia 2010-09-23 09:11 |
| #4 How long would one survive in those waters? Four minutes? |
| Posted by: Bobby 2010-09-23 05:43 |
| #3 Arrest hell. It's time to teach the creatures what happens when you try to freeze and starve our children. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2010-09-23 04:57 |
| #2 RENSE > {Boogai.com] TREASON:US HOUSE PUTS OCEANS, COASTS UNDER UN CONTROL; SENATE VOTE WILL SEAL DEAL [HR 5334 aka "CLEAR" Act]. * PAKISTANI DEFENCE FORUM > SOUTH KOREA MULLS UNDERSEA TUNNELS [Euro = "Chunnels"?] TO CHINA, JAPAN. Large enough to include handling of Railroad Cargo-Passenger Services. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-09-23 03:25 |
| #1 Good news, but they should arrest the envirowackos. DRILLDRILLDRILL!!! |
| Posted by: Woodrow Chumble6682 2010-09-23 01:46 |