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Argentine province reviewing BP operating licence in main oil field
Argentina’s Chubut province is reviewing the operating license of BP Plc main oil field in the country and may revoke it, the provincial oil minister said. The review started after operations were interrupted last month for over three weeks during a workers’ protest, Minister Ezequiel Cufre said in an interview in Buenos Aires. Read full article
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Jul 14th, 2012 - 08:51 am - Link - Report abuse 01 Are you mad?,do you want drive all foreign investment out of Argentina?only an argie state minister could support vandals and thugs!
Jul 14th, 2012 - 09:19 am - Link - Report abuse 0If BP is forced out it could always invest you know where!!
Hello,
Jul 14th, 2012 - 09:21 am - Link - Report abuse 0Perhaps the Argentinean Govt wants to find an excuse to kick out ALL western enterprises and replace them with ‘less conflictive’ Chinese firms.
If so, they’re treading a dangerous path. For now that we in the West have allowed our ‘capitalist movers and shakers’ to export so many jobs to China’s quasi slave labour factories –LOOK JUST HOW PROSPEROUS WE’VE ALL SUDDENLY BECOME BACK HERE!!!
Jim, in Madrid.
3 if they bring in a Chinese oil company,the chances of argie jobs is zilch,that s not how they do things
Jul 14th, 2012 - 09:40 am - Link - Report abuse 0Strange “laws” they seem to have in argieland. Generally speaking, in most “normal” societies, if you are caught damaging your employer's property, you can expect to be disciplined in some way. aside from any possible prosecution. But apparently you can't be disciplined in Chubut. And now the question: How many of the “construction workers” are members of La Campora? Or other CFK-funded bullyboy groups? Why doesn't she simply call them the “Sturmabteilung”?
Jul 14th, 2012 - 11:40 am - Link - Report abuse 0They call themselves 'Dragons'! Ha, ha, ha.
Jul 14th, 2012 - 03:35 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Dragons are mythical beasts, some of whom helped early mankind.
I don't know how these cnuts think damaging property that is used for their work is helping anybody, least of all themselves, but BK will know from his time destroying Scotlands industry with his commie mates in Old Labour of Scotland fame.
Dragons have reptilian traits but these prats are more like grass snakes.
All of Argentine's are hoping they nationalize it, with the way this corporates abuse power they all deserve to be expropiated and nationalized, if british can theft land I am sure Argentina can take back their land.
Jul 14th, 2012 - 03:57 pm - Link - Report abuse 0As Argentina is the cock-up capital of the world, getting rid of another major investor (that knows what they are doing), will impoverish the country even more, but of course the Argentines will blame the oil companies they expel-for leaving, such is their wierd logic. This would remove the shackles from BP and other major oil companies banned from Argentina to invest in the Falkland Islands.
Jul 14th, 2012 - 04:53 pm - Link - Report abuse 0#8 the free for all is over and we are happy the illegal aliens in Islas Malvinas Argentina get the point, the fakland island corporate will eventually have to give back our land or we will have to keep our fish from being thefted. The wheels are in motion and we will soon run the world biggest fish market, fish is more expensive then meat and Argentina has a lot of fish in and around Antartic Argentina.
Jul 14th, 2012 - 05:05 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Pratt-Junta
Jul 14th, 2012 - 06:32 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Wheels on your jiggers and trawlers then!
Well, they will need them when they have been legally sunk for fishing in the Falklands (there are STILL no Malvinas) waters by the Royal Navy.
At least with our navy they will be hauled out of the water prior to being slung in the jail at Stanley.
Perhaps the sunken crap can make its' own way back to port on the new wheels!
Ha, ha, ha!
#10 LOL I don't think China, Russia, india or Pakistan will like british pirates and illegal aliens theft their fishing boats. Specially after paying for permits to fish in Argentina, do your worst we need all the help you can give Argentina. Seems like getting rid of brits might be easier then we thought. Maybe we just have to wait for oil to start pouring out of the ground to sweeten the deal for any of those nations I mention. Cheer up this is going to be a bumpy ride.
Jul 14th, 2012 - 07:03 pm - Link - Report abuse 011
Jul 15th, 2012 - 08:49 am - Link - Report abuse 0Pirat hunter
If you were a businessman, who would you want your oil and fishing permits from.
A corrupt, thieving, backward, neo-nazi bunch of loons, with ridiculous clauses, massive taxation, and the threat of having your assets stolen at any time....
Or a low tax, sensible democracy, back-up by a western power that pays it debts and honours it's agreements?
If I were Russia, China, India or Pakistan...I know where I'd get my licences from and it ain't the Argies..
@11 Don't you worry, sonny. There won't be any “thieving”. That's the sort of things argies do. No, there will be “accidents”. You remember “accidents”, don't you? Your conception, for example. And your birth. And your breathing. All “accidents”. But many more “accidents” happen at sea. When fishing nets “accidentally” get snagged by submarines and the boats get dragged under? Have you ever thought of going fishing?
Jul 15th, 2012 - 01:08 pm - Link - Report abuse 0#13 yes accident like a nuclear bomb going off in Malvinas or a chemical spill that could kill the fishing season. Be careful bp doesn't destroy the fishing industry with a little help BP will do the work for us in Malvinas. Oil spills are very common. Lol accidents you know. Maybe Argentina doesn't need nukes.
Jul 15th, 2012 - 03:42 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Russia ready for showdown with UK over arms being transported to Syria in cargo ship
By WILL STEWART
PUBLISHED: 22:42 GMT, 14 July 2012 | UPDATED: 22:42 GMT, 14 July 2012
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2173718/Russia-ready-showdown-UK-arms-transported-Syria-cargo-ship.html#ixzz20epHvfXy
Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 5:18 AM Pakistan betrays U.S. for China … duh!
www.theipinionsjournal.com/2011/08/pakistan-betrays-u-s-for-china-…-duh/
3 JimHandley (#)
Jul 15th, 2012 - 04:41 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Just to put you in the picture, Jim, Pan American Energy is owned 20% by China.
Argentina might not want to overdo it!!!!
14 Pirat-Hunter (#)
Nuke the Falklands? Isn't that a bit stupid if Kretina wants the bloody place. I think you should go to a good therapist, I believe there are very good ones in Canada.
#15 if the illegal aliens can have a nuclear submarine around Islas Malvinas I am sure Argentina can build a nuclear defense program. Argentine's might not be all white but I am sure we have rights to self determination and right to a nuclear defense program. Too bad britards don't get the point, so now that we learn how british pirate firm operate we need to make sure we put a limit on BP theft of our oil resources in Argentina.
Jul 15th, 2012 - 04:53 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Prat-Junta
Jul 15th, 2012 - 05:13 pm - Link - Report abuse 0How many times do you have to be told that a nuclear powered sub is not the same as a nuclear armed one?
No nuclear power would ever 'nuke' a non-nuclear country. However, if you were back from Canada I bet there are a few on here who would make an exception, just for you.
Your old TR1700s which are supposedly going to be turned into nuclear propelled vessels are nothing but a joke. The whole world is laughing at you about this.
If we wanted to nuke Argentia we could do so from the bottom of the Clyde Estuary in Scotland: that is how far our sub-based nukes can fly.
Perhaps you should copy this and print it off, so next time you want to talk about nuclear programmes you stand a chance of not looking like a complete dimwit - like now.
@16 by the time you get a nuclear program we will have nucked you dickhead, fuck it just pull everything out of rgeneweener and let them fester in thier own shit. Pervert munter why dont you join the rg armed forces and give yourself some credence instead of being a keyboard warroir who talks SHIT and doesn't know one end of a gun from another, COWARD!!!!!!!!!
Jul 15th, 2012 - 05:16 pm - Link - Report abuse 0#17 #18 a nuclear defense program is a right not a privilege, this is why we support it, it's just matter of time. LOL coward me??? i am only telling you that latin America deserves to have a nuclear defense program just to be equal to UK. We all know that it wouldn't be a fair fight. All perverts, homos, child molesters and brits are the same cowards that never fight fair and we Argentines believe that one armed che can deside who wins this war. Real men don't join an army real men take up weapons and makes justice. Cowards get into the army and join the gangbang out of fear of having to face judgements day alone. Fear not for we can all execute the enemy anytime we want as long as we are not found, Smile life is great and revenge is sweet.
Jul 15th, 2012 - 05:41 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Yawns!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@19
Jul 15th, 2012 - 06:04 pm - Link - Report abuse 0You must have been adopted by your family, right?
No family in a nazi leaning country like Argentina would be allowed to breed if they had the same IQ as you.
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Jul 15th, 2012 - 06:21 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@21
Jul 15th, 2012 - 08:02 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Pirat-Hunter, you seem to have an unhealthy obsession with homosexuals. Is there something you're trying to tell us? Judging from your comments I'm assuming you're just reaching puberty. Are the 'special' feelings you're having for the other boys in your class worrying you? Never mind, I'm sure you'll get over it and one day will learn to be happy with who you are.
As for the right of Argentina to build a nuclear defence programme, you really should pay attention in class instead of staring at other guys backsides. The treaty of Tlatelolco prohibits just that. The amusing thing is, should Argentina decide to illegally break the treaty it would be reported to the UN Security Council, the UN General Assembly & the OAS and ultimately find itself facing the International Court of Justice. All the organisations CFK has been begging to support her claim to the Falklands.
However should Argentina choose to legally leave the treaty and engage on a nuclear defence programme it still has no effect on the Falklands. The UK has been targeted by Soviet/Russian nukes for decades, what risk do you think Argentina poses that Russian can't beat a thousand times over?
@21 PH
Jul 15th, 2012 - 08:38 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Oh boy you've got problems to lump homosexuals in with the rest. Irresspective of whether it is a life style choice or a dna-hormonal imbalance, I think you'll find that argentina has just as many of all kinds of people as britain, but your sweeping generalisations are purile.
Argentina would be very unwise to turf out BP which is an international outfit not a pure british entity. To do this will ward off other international suitors. Argentina will be hurting itself 10 fold over and no doubt BP will seek a tonic in the falklands!
#22 who cares all we need is one well targeted H-bomb and presto we will have all illegal aliens from UK whipped of our land, we can then argue who what when why , by then Malvinas Argentina will be vacant again and i will take the heat for pushing the button. Sacrifices. Have to be made and i am willing and ready, you just sit and wait Untill we pull out of said treaty like pakistan, iran, North Korea and India did. You are a joke budy, loosers never know what they are in for, like in 1982 we will send you a letter letting you know. Lol
Jul 15th, 2012 - 09:15 pm - Link - Report abuse 0#23 perverts, child molesters. Homosexuals and brits have a lot in common, try asking none british pervs and you will soon discover there is no difference among them. Everyone knows this but them Look around, the british are the only people standing up for perverts, child molesters, homosexuals and british turds.
@24
Jul 15th, 2012 - 10:10 pm - Link - Report abuse 0All joking aside now, it is clear to all of us here, including many of the Malvanistas, that you really need to seek psychiatric help.
Failure to heed this advice may well result in you becoming locked in this pathetic psychosis for the rest of your life. Who knows what will happen to you then?
#25 Yes right all kidding aside. I believe BP and Panamerican union brings us back to a Malvinas period brutish don't like to remember. People in Argentina seem to remember well and the time is now. They have the support of the unions and the government, Everyone else should stand aside don't you think?
Jul 16th, 2012 - 01:02 am - Link - Report abuse 0To bring this back to the point of the article, it looks like Argentina is again fixing to throw out a commercial business on the basis of some trumped up charge.
Jul 16th, 2012 - 07:29 am - Link - Report abuse 0If it wasn't for the fact that the government has shown itself to be a bully with a very slight grip on reality, it would actually be quite sad to watch a sovereign nation inflict so many wounds on itself:
1. Nationalising Repsol and alienating the Spanish and EU;
2. Messing around with mercosur and changing it from a trade bloc to a protectionist organisation;
3. Picking fights with its own supporters in the provinces and in the unions;
4. Being economically illiterate in pretending inflation is a fraction of what it really is and threatening to jail independent economic forecasters who contradict it; and most worryingly of all:
5. Sticking with its expansionist growth policies despite the current global economic crisis - that's akin to the captain of the Titanic spotting the iceberg and deciding to charge straight at it instead of going around.
As I say, it would all be a terrible shame if it wasn't for the fact that the Argentinean government is so reprehensible. Next time, hopefully the people will chose more carefully. Perhaps.
@27 I M
Jul 16th, 2012 - 12:32 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Well it seems that all politicians have to do is say 'Eva Peron' and they're in through the door. Fingers crossed for a more techno-cratic government to bring this slow-motion car crash under control. When argentines feel good about themselves they'll stop using britain as its whipping boy!
#24 “the british are the only people standing up for....homosexuals”
Jul 16th, 2012 - 12:33 pm - Link - Report abuse 0You can't seriously believe thats true, Cristina legalized gay marriage, and rightly so!
It seems that Pirat-Hunter is the epitomy of the malvinista cause: The “recuperation” of these South Atlantic islands depends on the torture and death of all homosexuals in Argentina, which includes the whole of the armed forces of Argentina, according to P-H.
Jul 16th, 2012 - 01:33 pm - Link - Report abuse 0It also seems that in the Gospel according to P-H Kretina should also be tortured and killed, perhaps by an H Bomb, because she atands up for homosexuals!!!
I wonder if stupid CFK knows that we get Arg news in the USA? How can they threaten to nationalize, renege on contracts etc etc. When they are begging for YPF investment in Houston?
Jul 16th, 2012 - 03:59 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Gads they are dumb.
#28 More technocratic. Do you mean less democratic, like in Europe? Or in 1976-83?
Jul 16th, 2012 - 05:57 pm - Link - Report abuse 0#30 I think you've very cogently described why PH isn't the epitome of any wider cause!
@24
Jul 16th, 2012 - 10:20 pm - Link - Report abuse 0A type 45 destroyer has the ability to track and destroy nukes prat- junta, so if one is launched from Argentina, that's where it will be destroyed showering radiation all over Argentina. If it explodes ,then its goodbye Southern Argentina.
China is not going to squabble over a few fish near the Falklands as the trade between UK and China is enormous with most of the money going China's way.
In any case, if China and Russian become belligerent toward the Falklands , the USA would abandon neutrality and support the UK with a little organisation you have not heard of called..................NATO.
@ 1 British_Kirchnerist
Jul 16th, 2012 - 11:48 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“Hope they nationalise it”
The remaining 40% stake in Pan American is owned by Bridas, a joint venture comprised of ** China’s Cnooc Ltd ** and Argentina’s Bulgheroni brothers.
You know how to best make China interested in investments in Argentina, don't you?
Cristina'll tear your eyes out you for that suggestion.
Maybe they could nationalise the non-Chinese bits and get a controlling share that way. I'm sure my Queen will kindly forgive my ignorance in my first suggestion, given my loyal undying support for her =) I thought the company was British, since the headline said BP!
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