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To: teevee who wrote (161601)	12/23/2011 8:34:36 AM
From: kidl	5 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 206195

>>>Hitting BP for over $30 billion didn't stop the industry from screaming for the gov't to open more rounds of bidding and to open drilling again in the GOM......How is Brazil going after Chevron and Transocean any more of a charade than Obama going after BP?<<< There is a world of difference between the two spills in terms of duration, size and location.

To: teevee who wrote (161601)	12/23/2011 8:57:53 AM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 206195

China ordered ConocoPhillips operator of Penglai 19-3, to stop production at the country’s biggest offshore field on Sept. 2, saying the Houston-based company failed to contain leaks at the field since June. The oil spill has polluted more than 6,200 square kilometers of water in the bay, an area about nine times the size of Singapore, according to the Xinhua report. bloomberg.com More than 100 Chinese fisherman filed a lawsuit against ConocoPhillip’s China unit seeking 490 million yuan ($77 million) in compensation after an oil spill in June, the official Xinhua news agency reported. bloomberg.com