Ma Comrades, considering the conservative cost construct a new refinery is pegged at $10 billion, and would even if everything went on schedule like clockwork it still take years to construct - Oban Energies proposed $4.5 billion to build oil refinery project for Grand Bahama would be looked upon as a Father Allen's Chicken Shack.... and I am told the Imperial red Cabinet might me considering forcing local gasoline suppliers to stop importing their service stations products.

No one wants to be seen to be speaking out against any project that would provide even minimal jobs in Freeport with its high unemployment. but isn't this the same project that Hubert Ingraham rejected because their finances were questionable. and him and one of his MP's had a big bust up over it/ and if even under five years of PLP rule they could not get it up and off the ground the government should proceed cautiously so as to net get a Black Eye similar to that of the Bah Mar project. With Donald Trump as president and promising to move the capital of Israel to Jerusalem,some suspect this may disrupt peace in the Middle East and disrupt oil supplies. So america will want to store some offshore.

Yep....the persons to be employed certainly per size facility is interesting but in this type of operations perhaps shiftworks and other backups are necessary plus of course the extra jobs to smoothe over any hiccups in getting started......not an uncommon safety practice

I have said before and I will say again, any and every body can pull the wool over roc wit
doc eyes. He falls short, very short.

Its the art of the deal, pork barrel negotiations.
We have had so far the loggers who filled in the creek between little and big Abaco bout 100 years ago and monies borrowed fron Chinese recemntly to redig creekway so that fishes can find their way back again to their original nesting area or something like that and bridge rebuilt to span creek.....we had Andros lumber....Mary Carter Paints.....EleutherabBaker farm, Eleuthera land buyups.....Abaco farms that failed leaving all their Haitisns workers stranded and govt to foot the electric bill....we had Ginn that failed with some bank client alleged story.....we had one southern island where a lot of beach front was part of the deall.....we had one businessness people swapping some swamp hy the airport for good land but Papa put a stop to dat one too.....we had Atlantis with most favoured nation status and threats from someone who got a buildong named after them but thank goodness threats vould not materialize, we had big mega project for Freepott bit that did not happen.....we had huge 50 acre harbour site for Freepoet in Williamstown but it didnt happen.....we had huge mega hotel for east Grand Bahama but you have to talk to former minister Russell on dat one....big plans for other movie business in old missile base but didnt happen over land size .....had Bahamar went bust and restarted...?so many deals ......depends on whats on it for the people to benefit.....all in the art of the deal.....good if you could get the most benefits....but nothing beats trying.....
Also around that area is where the bridge to join GB to Abaco site......we had plenty more....but all boils down to Bahamians and Invrstors benefitting..

Brave....."We knew about the proposal and had some concerns about the proposal"

**Translation**

Christie was too busy dancing bout da place and shaking down Baha Mar and didn't have enough time to shakedown Oban Energies investors enough!

Government should obviously proceed cautiously. White elephants are hard to live down.

That said, Bradley is comparing apples with oranges. BORCO had many times more employees when it was a refinery. Bunkering is not the same.

Additionally, it was a crude refiner. I do not know what the proposed refinery intends to produce but because there is no market for crude products does not necessarily mean that there is no market for refined products.

I end where I began, the government should tread lightly. Show me the money.

This is total nonsense!

I do not accept the notion that their financing was in question causing the PLP to delay the project. How difficult could it be for the government to contact their bankers and request confirmation of financing?

More than likely, Christie, Ingraham and their usual group of pirates were attempting to manipulate the investor and use them as a political football for personal gain!

No doubt at all !

ASK YASELF WHO HAS THE MARKET FOR OIL IN THE BAHAMAS TIED-UP? THEY SELL BEC OVER BILLION DOLLARS IN OIL YEARLY. . .SUN OIL! THE OIL CONGLOMERATE IN THE BAHAMAS IS SUSPECTED TO BE SUN OIL AND IT'S AFFILIATES! NEED I SAY WHO IS SUN-OIL? DO THE MATHS PEOPLE AND STOP LETTING THE RICH ELITE IN THIS NATION "FOOL" YALL!

Bradley - he used your PLP job Math.. So this must be a dirty business because there are going to be alot of Bahamians "cleaning" and "serving drinks" at this refinery.....

Agreed Bogart, its clear that some of these post on here wanted to see this project fail. The news with Bradley Roberts and Braved those made me smile.Ill bet if they was trying to get the Grand Bahamians to work with this same company they wouldn't make those remarks. Frankly I'm excited, they trying, After seeing that long line with person trying to get work I'm grateful as a Grand Bahamian. Let them laugh and make noise on here, its a huge project, if it works many will benefit, that's what its all about right?

They are all "mixed-up" with Sun oil. . .power, cars, aviation etc. . .all bringing them billions. . .a refinery right in our nation could disrupt this flow of cash to all of them. . .I hope ya know who are the oil barons in this country. . .CAN YOU SAY SUNSHINE GROUP!! NOBODY MIXED-UP WITH THAT GROUP WILL EVER MAKE ANY DECISION THAT WILL DROP OIL PRICES IN THIS NATION. . .PERIOD!!