Obama has an Offshore Drill Moratorium, Chevron Drills in Canada

by Karl Gotthardt - albertacowpoke | October 2, 2010 at 05:39 am

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BPs Gulf Oil Spill has resulted in a Offshore Drilling Moratorium, Chevron drills its first offshore well ini Canadian waters.

Chevron drilled its first offshore drill in North America, despite a moratorium imposed by the Obama Administration. There was no press release, in fact there was barely an announcement. How did Chevron get around the moratorium? It drilled 260 km north east of St. John's, Newfoundland in Canadian waters.

How did this happen? It was simple, Premier Danny Williams, refused to give in to the paranoia of its Southern neighbour and waved the requirement for a second drilling ship in location that would have been available to drill a relief well in case of a disaster. Cost of such a ship would be $1/2 Million a day.

The Lona 0-55 well was started in May and was just completed it about a month ago. Danny Williams' motives were that the offshore wells will give generous royalties to the Newfoundland coffers, with eventual gas and oil development.

Chevron has not revealed what was found at Lona O-55.

The moratorium in the United States has cost thousands of jobs along the eastern seaboard. It has affected all businesses that rely on the oil industry and has generally caused devastation in the region. This coup by Premier Danny Williams can't be good news for the Obama Administration or Louisiana.

The well is in what’s called the Orphan Basin, which lies north of Hibernia (producing roughly 125,000 bpd), and Hebron, a field set to be developed with some 700 million barrels of recoverable heavy oil reserves.
A Chevron spokesperson explained that the company decided not to herald the drilling project because it didn’t want to attract attention to what’s a sensitive issue. Throughout the drilling Chevron took extra precautions to make sure all safety mechanisms (such as blowout preventers) were in reliable working order and that all pressures were carefully monitored. Still, it’s a good thing that drilling was completed before Hurricane Earl blasted the maritimes Sept. 1.

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"thirty-aught-six" (not verified)

at 07:32 on October 2nd, 2010

Canadians are going to have to be on guard from U.S. so called progressives. They have already attempted to interfere with Canadian Broadcasting by fomenting anti-politicization of a new T.V. station in your country by labeling it "Fox News" and a channel that is to broadcast "racism and hate". These so called progressives have no concept of sovereignty and spread their intolerance for freedom of opinion as a moral right. Stand on guard Canada and defend your freedoms.

YankeeJim

at 07:43 on October 2nd, 2010

Good morning thirty-aught-six.

"paranoia of its Southern neighbour"

I think there is good reason to be deeply concerned about deep drilling. Read this month's issue of National Geographic Magazine, The Spill issue. It should open the mind to the fact that this is dangerous, planet threatening business.

All effort by governments should be to move away from oil as it is an enormous pollutant and threat to the environment, ecology, and climate. The facts could not be clearer.

Karl Gotthardt - albertacowpoke

at 08:11 on October 2nd, 2010

Be it as it may, at the moment there is no viable replacement fuel and oil will be with us for some time to come. Even when there are alternatives, such as wind and solar power, the elites want to control them in wind and solar farms. Try to get your own windmill (cost about $15,000) on your land or solar panels and then try to enter the power grid. They make it financially impossible for you to do it. The elites want to control the power and charge you for it. It is no longer about the environment, if it was they would do whatever was necessary for us folks out in the boonies to become self-sufficient. Good luck with that.

Barry ORegan

at 14:14 on October 2nd, 2010

I beg to differ Karl, Al Gore has a consortium in which to do this as well as his company who sell carbon credits etc. The list much like his ongoing rant on global warming and climate change is his bread and butter business. Why, we really didnt think AL Baby wouldn't profit from all this? Goodness that pretty much sums up Al in a nutshell with Obamaramadalilama as his spokesperson. Oh wait, I guess rural folk ain't quite the elites Al had in mind, unless you have a Nobel prize sitting in the barn you aren't using.

Karl Gotthardt - albertacowpoke

at 14:21 on October 2nd, 2010

Good ole Al baby, sorry I forgot about him Barry. Hahaha. I got some medals flying around but I had to earn them lol.

"thirty-aught-six" (not verified)

at 09:39 on October 2nd, 2010

Good morning Jim. {play mission impossible intro} :-) The FACTS could be a lot more clearer if they were free from the politicization and the need to refute the viability of oil for today's energy requirements in to order inject a "GREEN" solution that is unable at this time to be in any way viable or cost effective to the needs of industry. Yes, obtaining petroleum is not an easy task at any time and there have been environmental impacts. BUT. These are not insurmountable conditions that can not be mitigated with technology and due diligence. >>>>>"Just because they really are out to get you doesn't mean you aren't paranoid. " Steven Brust

Karl Gotthardt - albertacowpoke

at 09:48 on October 2nd, 2010

Sun TV has indeed been dubbed FOX North. The actual intent is to have a conservative voice in Canada, that is different from both CTV and CBC. Canadians, right now, are fed up with what the mainstream media considers priorities.

The issues that they have pushed in the recent past are the Long Gun Registry, Long Form Census and they slobbered all over Ignatieff during his BBQ tour.

Let's just assume, that most Canadians are educated enough to make up their own minds about issues. Another voice in Sun TV would certainly even the playing field.

The mainstream media is opposed to this and so are the Liberals and NDP. Too bad, too sad. Let's hope the Canadian Radio Television Commission does not make a political decision on this.

"thirty-aught-six" (not verified)

at 10:05 on October 2nd, 2010

Yes. All of that prejudgment and cries of racism and hate and the channel is not only not available but has broadcast nothing to be judged or attacked for actually having took place. Like I say. Stand on guard Canada. The "progressive" is moving to a town near you to control your information services.

Karl Gotthardt - albertacowpoke

at 11:09 on October 2nd, 2010

Machine Guns zeroed, ha, and barbed wire in place, hahahaha.

FilmCanada

at 06:02 on October 7th, 2010

Karl Gottahardt, i will have to agree with you no matter how harsh your comments sound. They do make it financially impossible for you to enter the grid.Let me share a story with you about Nicola Tesla.

Nicola realized that you don't really need Dams to generate hydro and can do it with specific frequencies.So with a Tuning fork in hand and a bulb tuned to it he went to see JP Morgan. JPsaid , "great idea where do I put a meter on it"

Baffled Nicola answered " You don't" Its free.

The rest is history.Nicola's house was ransacked and all blueprints stolen and blah blah blah.

Bottom line the invention never saw the light of day with common folk, cause the elite didn't want it.

Karl Gotthardt - albertacowpoke

at 06:13 on October 7th, 2010

There have been several reports of this nature. I live on 80 acres and a little windmill, cost $15.000 and a some solar panels could almost make me self-sufficient. The problem is that's too simple, let's just put big solar and windfarms all over. I'm not sure how that improves the environment.