Anadarko moves drill ship from US Gulf to West Africa, could not wait any longer for Obama's drill permit group who are busy helping New Guinea

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3/28/11, "Anadarko To Move Discoverer Spirit From Gulf of Mexico To West Africa," EPMag.com

"Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Houston, has reported it has finalized plans for its previously announced 2011 drilling campaign in the Liberian Basin, offshore West Africa. To carry out this program, Anadarko intends to mobilize the Discoverer Spirit drillship from the Gulf of Mexico to West Africa after it finishes completion activities on the third Caesar/Tonga well.

• The Discoverer Spirit is expected to begin drilling in West Africa during the third quarter....

"Mobilizing the Discoverer Spirit to West Africa ensures our ability to deliver upon our exploration and appraisal programs in a timely fashion in an area that offers tremendous potential with more than 30 identified Jubilee-like prospects on our acreage," says Al Walker, Anadarko president and chief operating officer."...

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Reference: "While (Obama appointee) Michael Bromwich bemoans a lack of the staff necessary to speed up the (Gulf drilling permit) process, he's sending his staffers to Papua New Guinea to advise its officials on ways to develop the country's offshore drilling infrastructure."...

3/28/11, "Soros Wins Under Obama's Energy Policies," American Thinker, Ed Lasky

"Are Barack Obama's energy policies influenced by hedge fund billionaire and political patron, George Soros?

Abby Wisse Schacter, in the New York Post, notes that the Obama administration is clamping down on oil and gas development in America (both onshore and offshore) but is hell-bent on helping other nation's tap their resources and points out that such help is being showered specifically in New Guinea, of all places."...

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