Your jumping to the conclusion that there is oil in this well? It could be dust, a bit of gas and lots of sea water.

Good letter.
We need to take a good hard look at this oil drilling.
Bahamians have a lot to lose if things go wrong.
As if, it hasn't happened before.
BPC needs to take a hike.

BPC will be MADE to take a hike if they do not cease and desist. A judicial review of their farce of an approvals process is coming...

1. Many of BPC's shareholders are Bahamian
2. fossil fuels are the only economical and environmental choice
3. No significant sea level rise has been observed
4. Stop smoking is a good idea
5. Please skip repeating the climate warming/change scam
6. Please ask the people of Trinidad, Guyana, Jamaica, Cuba and Mexico if oil exploration is really such a bad idea.
7 relax

Oh, just a quick note, I heard some new satellite is being launched in December for the specific purpose of analyzing sea levels. Don't remember name or anything. Try to check it out. I feel we need more evidence, as per your point #3. It's all hype up to this point.

Just type in "sea level rise" into your search engine. What planet are you living on Pillow?
"Fossil fuels are the only economical and environmental choice"? Geez, are you that ignorant of both economics and environmental basics?
Global warming is real.
The oil companies have known what fossil fuels are doing to our climate for 45 years now, according to Exxon's own scientists. Yet you, Mr. or Mrs. Pillow, as an obvious shill for BPC, propose not to know this. Yet, you are going to suggest to these readers you have some wisdom, some knowledge? Sorry bud, you are fooling nobody, though you are using oil industry prescribed tactics such as sowing disinformation, trying to create confusion, denying the facts. Go away.

Hysteria is rampant in the Bahamas.

@ColombusPillow - BPC has a subsidiary called Columbus Energy Resources PLC. Funny coincidence hey?

"fossil fuels are the only economical and environmental choice"

Fossil fuels are environmental, are you on crack?

Can't believe these dumb people think for a second oil exploration will actually benefit Bahamians.

Yes, it is a bit beyond unbelievable.

"Many of BPC's shareholders are Bahamian" not sure what is your point (but you sure sound like one), many drug dealers are Bahamian too

I must say I was impressed they came out last week and actually spoke to some of the details. It was revealed that 50% of proceed above $40/barrel would go to the Treasury. Finally we got some potential monetary figures.

However, as many of you know, the money going to "The Treasury" will not help any of us poor Bahamians. Unless the government agrees to a further split of its own 50% and give 50% of that to us directly via our NIB accounts, we will AS ALWAYS get nothing from foreign investment. The only thing we ever get on any foreign investment is a few security guard jobs and a few maid jobs. It was told to me that maids at a hotel in G.B. just a few short years ago were being paid $3 per room (yes, three dollars) and would only some days get 2 or 3 rooms each to do. When they take out bus fare, what were they left with? My calculator gave me an error when I tried to calculate it. I'm sure it gave them a tummy ache (from hunger pains).

Perhaps somehow we need to make foreign investors aware (prior to them signing any HOA) that we have NIB accounts and that they insist on some of their charity going there. Prayers. Some number of shakes for yes and wiggle for no?

Voly & Porky Pie- have you been drinking?

Voly you pop up now and claim to be an expert. You are a fraud with no knowledge of the EIA process over many years.

You are IRRELEVANT in the grand scheme of things.

It is easy to dream of oil riches. It is VERY VERY hard to achieve. Ask Mexico, (Pemex is bleeding the public dry) Ask Cuba, (Repsol keeps coming up empty lately)
https://oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oil/M…
Government officials and Pemex have refused to even answer investors questions anymore.
https://www.cnbc.com/id/47948335
Do you know what you are asking for?

AHA! The imperialists finally show their true colors! The Bahamian people are IRRELEVANT, are we Britain7? You, paid BPC apologist, have shown yourself to be exactly what we know you to be - an colonialist and exploiter! Please, keep sharing your true feelings.

Some thinking,
electricity comes out of the socket!???
Onshore the Bahamas there ist millions of barrels stored in tanks. Not dangerous?
Thousands of ships go through bahamian waters every month. Not dangerous?
If there would any small or larger spill, this would only affect cuban shore!
Has every body read about the EIA of BPC? Is there any well ever drilled in the world, where at the drill ship are advisers of the government, to control every task of the drill team?
Sorry, but why are there just only two or three weeks before the well will be started, people on the scenery - are they looking for financial compensation from BPC, to give away there loud
protests and lawyers requests???
And Bahamian debt reached 8.9 bilions, to go green costs a lot of money.

1. The fact that there are existing dangers from oil means we should just go ahead and raise the danger level hundreds of times over? That's like saying because my children face a certain level of risk while playing outside, I might as well just throw them into incoming traffic. Utter, illogical nonsense. 2. A spill will not affect the Cuban sure. The fact that you BPC trolls can't even bother to learn how the Gulf Stream works is downright insulting. 3. Bahamians don't want anything from BPC but for them to back off and stop meddling in our country's future.

No entering into facts, only nationalist and xenophobic blah blah.
Too bad ...

Yes. Exactly right.

Yes gogo,
Wonderful lack of logic. As for me, yes, that is exactly what I am waiting for. A big payout from BPC to keep my mouth shut. Surely you shills for BPC can do better. Missed the news for the last few years?

There is only one shill. Bahama7 and Disco and Gogo are the same person! They can probably only afford one...

Probably, gogo was just created to make the above two posts

Another anti-BPC group is taking up the fight to save The Bahamas. Bahama7, are you going to insult and abuse these young Bahamians too? - https://vimeo.com/480873129

Don’t twist what I say Voly. It’s a healthy debate not insults.

If I touch a nerve with you about oil drilling all around the Caribbean then that’s good. You need to open your mind and consider the pro’s and con’s of drilling.

I’ve been reading this paper for years, it’s nice to see you pop up only this month.