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Environment & Energy

Nihil

(13,508 posts)

3. Got it in one!

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #1)

Thu Nov 7, 2013, 05:57 AM

Nov 2013

> these oil companies will do anything, and I do mean anything, to keep
> the oil (and the money) flowing.

Shell in the Niger delta (+ Gulf of Mexico + Texas +...)
BP in the GoM (in conjunction with Transocean & Halliburton), Alaska, Texas, ...
Chevron in Brazil (in conjunction with Transocean again), Nigeria, Ecuador, Texas, ...
Exxon in Alaska, Australia, ...
Pemex in GoM, ...

The OP states "Shell is being disingenuous".
No, Shell is lying, cheating and killing ... being "disingenuous" is a kid avoiding
the blame for cookie crumbs around his mouth.

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Got it in one! Nihil Nov 2013 #3

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