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MindMover

(5,016 posts)
Tue Apr 15, 2014, 04:57 PM Apr 2014

Is this more dangerous than Keystone .... ?

US to hold western Gulf of Mexico lease sale in August
Washington (Platts)--15Apr2014/128 pm EDT/1728 GMT

The Obama administration said on Tuesday it will put more than 21 million acres in the western Gulf of Mexico up for auction in a lease sale planned for August.

The proposed Lease Sale 238, which is scheduled to take place in New Orleans, will include 3,992 blocks covering 21.4 million acres from nine to 250 miles offshore Texas in water from 16 feet to nearly 11,000 feet deep, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management said.

Three blocks will be located, or partially located, within the boundary area subject to the US-Mexico Transboundary Hydrocarbon Agreement.

http://www.platts.com/latest-news/oil/washington/us-to-hold-western-gulf-of-mexico-lease-sale-21485833?sf2594590=1

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If only I was a billionaire and could afford to buy this .... and create a watershed ...

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Is this more dangerous than Keystone .... ? (Original Post) MindMover Apr 2014 OP
"If only I was a billionaire.." stuntcat Apr 2014 #1
what could go wrong in the Gulf? Ichingcarpenter Apr 2014 #2

stuntcat

(12,022 posts)
1. "If only I was a billionaire.."
Tue Apr 15, 2014, 05:15 PM
Apr 2014
It will be a complete, total shame on Humanity if no one steps in and protects this area by purchasing it.
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