FUCK!!! Tropical Storm Dolly Threatens Coast, Oil Prices

CatWoman

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Tue Jul-22-08 02:26 PM
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FUCK!!! Tropical Storm Dolly Threatens Coast, Oil Prices

Tropical Storm Dolly may soon become a hurricane, and though it appears as though the storm will avoid major offshore oil rigs, oil prices have risen and oil companies are starting to take precautions:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/22/tropical-storm-dolly-thre_n_114292.html

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babylonsister

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Tue Jul-22-08 02:27 PM
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1. Any excuse. So what if no oil rigs are affected; charge the peons anyway. nt

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Xipe Totec

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Tue Jul-22-08 02:31 PM
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7. All rigs in the Gulf must be evacuated

Storm in the Gulf, by definition, affects all the rigs in the Gulf.

It sucks, but that's the way it works.

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billyoc

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Tue Jul-22-08 02:39 PM
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9. That is most definitely not the way it works.

I've sailed right through TS's to deliver supplies to offshore rigs, multiple times.
A strong hurricane might evacuate a *few* rigs, but evacuate all rigs? wtf you think this is, the rapture? :rofl:

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Pale Blue Dot

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Tue Jul-22-08 02:28 PM
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2. Oil prices tumble as storm fears subside

Oil prices tumbled about $4 a barrel Tuesday as Tropical Storm Dolly grew increasingly unlikely to threaten supply, knocking out one more reason traders had to prop up prices.

The sell-off, which came as the dollar strengthened and the existing futures contract was set to expire, was a throwback to last week's sharp declines and dragged crude to its lowest level since early June.

Light, sweet crude for August delivery fell $3.84 to $127.20 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Earlier, the contract dropped as low as $125.63. It was crude's fourth decline in the last five sessions. In London, September Brent fell $3.55 to $129.06 a barrel on the ICE Futures exchange.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12400801/

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rurallib

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Tue Jul-22-08 02:32 PM
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8. Love that light sweet crude

put it on my 'cakes in the morning and wash it down with some ethanol!

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exothermic

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Tue Jul-22-08 02:28 PM
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3. Precautions....... yup.......against declining profits.

Got it.

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dbonds

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Tue Jul-22-08 02:28 PM
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4. There was a map on cnn earlier showing the path and oil rigs.

The storm wasn't even close to them.

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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf

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Tue Jul-22-08 02:29 PM
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5. Uhhh...No?

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601110&sid=aGb01ATEjpXw

BB is reliable. MarketWatch? Not so much.

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CatWoman

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Tue Jul-22-08 02:30 PM
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6. got it from Huff Post, Hon

:shrug:

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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf

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Tue Jul-22-08 02:40 PM
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10. No fault of yours.

These days, you never know in which toilet the "oil price goosing" shit will rise to the top.

And there has been a lot of that. For instance: last week, while oil was losing its 16 dollars THEN, all of a sudden them Nigerian Super-Rebels, armed with AK's that apparently shoot atomic homing bullets and born with Specop skills that would put a Navy SEAL to shame, suddenly broke their truce and blew up a lot of shit. Just a coinkydink, I am sure.

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Breeze54

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Tue Jul-22-08 02:53 PM
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13. Huff Post cross-posted it from Reuters.... as they always do...

Tropical Storm Dolly Threatens Coast, Oil Prices (VIDEO)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/22/tropical-storm-dolly-thre_n_114292.html

Reuters | July 22, 2008 12:18 PM

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Breeze54

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Tue Jul-22-08 02:42 PM
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11. Oil prices tumbled Tuesday, as concerns eased about disruptions from Tropical Storm Dolly.

Oil prices tumble as storm fears subside - Oil & energy- msnbc.com

Oil prices tumbled Tuesday, falling about $4 a barrel as concerns
eased about possible supply disruptions from Tropical Storm Dolly.

www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12400801/

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gatorboy

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Tue Jul-22-08 02:48 PM
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12. Don't worry. In three years Republicans will assure you that not a single offshore oil rig was harm

Edited on Tue Jul-22-08 02:49 PM by gatorboy

They're magical (ly delicious) like that.

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