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There was recently some interesting news in the international intelligence realm, which could also be considered conspiracy theory, that a North Korean cargo ship on its way to Venezuela went off course and came within 250 miles from the BP oil rig which caught on fire and caused this huge eco-disaster oil spill. It was further asserted that this North Korean cargo ship offloaded a North Korean attack submarine.
WEnt off course and ended up 250 miles from the Horizon rig site....in the GOM...on it's way to Venezuela??!!
Damn, that is one of the funniest things I have read today!
Sounds very similar to US officials explaining that no US Air Force was in the air until 45 minutes after 9 and 11 first hit. The whole time CNN is showing the viewing teevee public a map charting the approach of an "unidentified" toward the country's capitol.
Why is Venezuela being insinuated into the GOM disaster?
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1039067Chavez did just nationalize 11 US oil rigs in June.... [
link to news.yahoo.com]
Venezuela will nationalize a fleet of oil rigs belonging to U.S. company Helmerich and Payne, the latest takeover in a push to socialism as President Hugo Chavez struggles with lower oil output and a recession.
A former soldier inspired by Cuba's Fidel Castro, Chavez has made energy nationalization the linchpin in his 'revolution'. He has also taken over assets in telecommunications, power, steel and banking.
The 11 drilling rigs have been idled for months following a dispute over pending payments by the OPEC member's state oil company PDVSA. Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez said on Wednesday the rigs, the Oklahoma-based company's entire Venezuelan fleet, were being nationalized to bring them back into production.
Ramirez said companies that refused to put their rigs into production were part of a plan to weaken Chavez's government,
"There is a group of drill owners that has refused to discuss tariffs and services with PDVSA and have preferred to keep this equipment stored for a year," Ramirez told reporters in the oil producing state of Zulia. "That is the specific case with U.S. multinational Helmerich and Payne."
