BBC: Cuba oil prospects cloud US horizon

[Eugene]

Last Updated: Monday, 11 September 2006, 15:55 GMT 16:55 UK

Cuba oil prospects cloud US horizon
By Laura Smith-Spark
BBC News

The discovery of potential deep-water oil and gas reserves off Cuba's
northern coast has caught the eye of the world's energy-hungry nations.

India's state-run oil firm ONGC, already signed up to exploration in the
area, has just upped its stake - the latest to place its bets on a Cuban
oil rush.

The 44-year-old US trade embargo, meanwhile, continues to bar American
companies from doing business with the Caribbean island.

But, some observers are asking, can the US really afford to risk losing out
on valuable energy resources only 50 miles (80km) off Key West?

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Full article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5321594.stm

[Lowell]

1. Its Time to Invade Cuba

somebody in Miami said Raul Castro keeps Weapons of Mass Destruction in his sock drawer.

[wakeme2008]

2. LOL this will get interesting

Big Oil against the Cubian Mafia.... :rofl:

[Jacobin]

3. Castro has WMDs!! He Kills all his People!! We must Attack!!!

Think I'll drop off a resume to Smirky's speech writers.

[NVMojo]

4. they are already trying to open it up for oil execs in congress???

shit, these greedy idiots are so predictable.