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2005-07-11 Home Front: Culture Wars

Chinese labor for oil drilling eyed in Colorado

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Posted by mmurray821 2005-07-11 10:45|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Haha. As if any of those workers would actually return to China once the job is finished. Perhaps if they were married men required to leave their families behind. But bringing dependents with them? No way, they'd never go back, ever. If this goes through I predict a bribery scandal and perhaps a murder or two in the fighting over who gets to go on this project.

Posted by gromky">gromky 2005-07-11 12:24|| http://communistposters.com/]">[http://communistposters.com/] 2005-07-11 12:24|| Front Page Top

#2 The only way I see this actually being economical is if they're subsidizing the sale of the rig in order to get employment for their engineers.

And the only way they can really do that is by subsidizing the cost of steel, which I've heard speculation they do.

If anything affects their ability to do that, the whole deal could deteriorate somewhat.

Posted by Phil Fraering 2005-07-11 15:03|| http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com]">[http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com] 2005-07-11 15:03|| Front Page Top

#3 What's wrong with Mexican illegals? Not cheap enough for whatever's left Colorado oil fields, or is it that Mexican oil workers all have better-paying jobs on, I don't know, Mexican oil fields?

Posted by Mitch H.">Mitch H. 2005-07-11 15:15|| http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/]">[http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/] 2005-07-11 15:15|| Front Page Top

#4 No doubt the Chinese workers get nice subsidies from the Chinese authorities. After all, can't expect someone to pre-position materials for sabotage attempts without sweetening the pot.

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2005-07-11 15:36|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-07-11 15:36|| Front Page Top

#5 I am not buying into a lack of US drilling rigs to do the job. As far as labor goes hire US, Canadain and Mexican hands in that order.

Sounds like some greedy Canadian coperate types, I have had the displeasure of working for them before.

Posted by Sock Puppet 0â Doom 2005-07-11 23:07|| 2005-07-11 23:07|| Front Page Top

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