What is this nonsense? There ARE no required royalties for the Perseverance 1 oil well. It is an exploratory well and they already said it will be immediately capped. It is just being drilled to 'prove' oil is there. They will extract no oil, and so they will make no profit, and so they will pay no royalties. The double of zero is zero. Simon Potter is promising to give us zero! That may be the most revealing thing a BPC executive has ever said.
The legality of the permitting process has been called into question. BPC now needs to stand down and respect the courts of the Bahamas. If they try to rush through to drilling, it will be a sign of their utter contempt for our rights.
@Bahama7 - Do you, or do you not work for BPC? It is the only subject you ever comment on. I think you are a company troll. Will you please confirm or deny.
@ColumbusPillow - Perhaps you should take your own advice. Look closely at this deal. Look at the kind of well they propose to drill. Look at the fallout in other places. Look at the cleanup cost. Look at the frequency of spills from this type of well. Look at this company's joke of an EIA. consider the fact that they won't say how much insurance coverage they have. Look at what the deal will supposedly 'benefit' Bahamians... I am afraid you might come to a different conclusion.
Nonsense. How many jobs are in the hotel, fishing and dive industry combined? Well then, that is how many will be gone if a Deepwater Horizon accident were to happen here. That slick covered more ocean that then entire square footage of the Bahamas. It cost $65 billion to clean up. And the population is 385,000.
Wow. So BPC don't pay their licensing fees, then raise money from local investors and use that to pay a "settlement" with government for years of unpaid fees?
Voltaire says...
It is amazing that you think you are fooling anybody.
On Last-ditch threat to oil exploration
Posted 18 November 2020, 4:03 p.m. Suggest removal
Voltaire says...
Of course you do. You work for them.
On Last-ditch threat to oil exploration
Posted 18 November 2020, 4:03 p.m. Suggest removal
Voltaire says...
What is this nonsense? There ARE no required royalties for the Perseverance 1 oil well. It is an exploratory well and they already said it will be immediately capped. It is just being drilled to 'prove' oil is there. They will extract no oil, and so they will make no profit, and so they will pay no royalties. The double of zero is zero. Simon Potter is promising to give us zero! That may be the most revealing thing a BPC executive has ever said.
On Oil explorer: 'We will pay double required royalties'
Posted 18 November 2020, 4 p.m. Suggest removal
Voltaire says...
The legality of the permitting process has been called into question. BPC now needs to stand down and respect the courts of the Bahamas. If they try to rush through to drilling, it will be a sign of their utter contempt for our rights.
On Last-ditch threat to oil exploration
Posted 18 November 2020, 10:22 a.m. Suggest removal
Voltaire says...
*crickets*
On Oil opponents stoke fears for 122k jobs
Posted 29 October 2020, 1:15 p.m. Suggest removal
Voltaire says...
@Bahama7 - Do you, or do you not work for BPC? It is the only subject you ever comment on. I think you are a company troll. Will you please confirm or deny.
On Oil opponents stoke fears for 122k jobs
Posted 29 October 2020, 12:28 p.m. Suggest removal
Voltaire says...
@ColumbusPillow - Perhaps you should take your own advice. Look closely at this deal. Look at the kind of well they propose to drill. Look at the fallout in other places. Look at the cleanup cost. Look at the frequency of spills from this type of well. Look at this company's joke of an EIA. consider the fact that they won't say how much insurance coverage they have. Look at what the deal will supposedly 'benefit' Bahamians... I am afraid you might come to a different conclusion.
On Oil opponents stoke fears for 122k jobs
Posted 29 October 2020, 10:31 a.m. Suggest removal
Voltaire says...
Nonsense. How many jobs are in the hotel, fishing and dive industry combined? Well then, that is how many will be gone if a Deepwater Horizon accident were to happen here. That slick covered more ocean that then entire square footage of the Bahamas. It cost $65 billion to clean up. And the population is 385,000.
On Oil opponents stoke fears for 122k jobs
Posted 29 October 2020, 10:28 a.m. Suggest removal
Voltaire says...
Wow. So BPC don't pay their licensing fees, then raise money from local investors and use that to pay a "settlement" with government for years of unpaid fees?
On Bahamian investors 'cover' oil explorer's licence fees deal
Posted 21 October 2020, 1:13 p.m. Suggest removal
Voltaire says...
The tourists are coming. Americans don't give a s**t about this virus.
On Six deaths added to COVID toll
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