The Hunt for Oil (As In Texas Based, Hunt Oil) - by Marci At Next Hurrah

[WillyT]

The Hunt for Oil
by emptywheel

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Does it surprise you that the first company to sign an oil deal with Iraqi Kurds is Hunt Oil, a company with very close ties to Bush and our country's intelligence infrastructure?

Texas' Hunt Oil Co. and Kurdistan's regional government said Saturday they've signed a production-sharing contract for petroleum exploration in northern Iraq, the first such deal since the Kurds passed their own oil and gas law in August.A Hunt subsidiary, Hunt Oil Co. of the Kurdistan Region, will begin geological survey and seismic work by the end of 2007 and hopes to drill an exploration well in 2008, the parties said in a news release.

Nope. It doesn't surprise me, either. But I am interested in what it portends for long-term plans in Iraq.

First, some background. The Hunt family that owns Hunt Oil (it's privately held, so we don't get to scrutinize financial statements) is one of the big money Texas donors behind the Bush family political empire. Ray Hunt, the current chair of the company, is also on the board of Halliburton and the King Ranch, meaning he probably knows to duck when he goes quail hunting with Dick Cheney. Hunt is also on the board of trustees for Shrub's new presidential library, which has just announced its plans for a wacky democracy institute that will give cover for more imperialism around the world. Oh, and Hunt is also on PFIAB, which means he gets to review a huge amount of intelligence information and then refuse to reveal its classification and declassification activities--not to mention weigh in on whether or not the President's illegal intelligence activities are illegal or not.

It's also worth noting that one of Hunt Oil Company's planes has been spotted taking off and landing at a CIA training facility.

In short, Hunt Oil Company is as wired in as oil companies get--which is saying something.

Now do you see why I find it interesting that Hunt Oil Company is the first company into Kurdistan's oil fields?

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More: http://thenexthurrah.typepad.com/the_next_hurrah/2007/09/the-hunt-for-oi.html

Ah those Texas oilmen... It's good ta know da King!

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[Cha]

1. This fucking makes me sick..

Four and a 1/2 years later after WE THE PEOPLE declared "NO BLOOD FOR OIL" in NYC..they're gettin' what's their's.

Fuckers..I hope they boil in it. :grr:

[catmandu57]

2. Oh yeah the hunts are thick with these fuckers

Larmar when he was kicking would have them at training camp for the KC Chiefs, had old dead eye sitting in his private box at Arrowhead. You don't have to tell me nothing about these bastards.

edit fat fingers.

[WillyT]

3. Kick !!!

:kick:

[WillyT]

4. Ya Know... The Hunts... Texas... Oil... Iraq... Dots... Connected...

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