Allt intensivare jakt på olja

Varför spårar myndigheterna ur bara för att någon gjort en redig cancerkartläggning? För att Kanada idag är den största exportören av olja till USA!

Jakten på olja blir allt märkligare.

A report from the American Joint Forces Command published March 15 predicts that in 2015, the world capacity for petroleum production could be 10 million barrels per day less than the demand.

An identical prediction of a gap of 10 MBD between supply and demand in 2015 appeared on page 8 in the Department of Energy (DoE) document.

The DoD and the DoE seem to agree on the same prediction.

In September 2008, reports by the Inspector General of the Interior Department, Earl E. Devaney, were released that implicated over a dozen officials of the MMS of unethical and criminal conduct in the performance of their duties. The investigation found MMS employees had taken drugs and had sex with energy company representatives. MMS staff had also accepted gifts and free holidays amid "a culture of ethical failure", according to the investigation.[25] The New York Times's summary states the investigation revealed "a dysfunctional organization that has been riddled with conflicts of interest, unprofessional behavior and a free-for-all atmosphere for much of the Bush administration’s watch."[26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33]

A May 2010 inspector general investigation revealed that MMS regulators in the Gulf region had allowed industry officials to fill in their own inspection reports in pencil and then turned them over to the regulators, who traced over them in pen before submitting the reports to the agency. MMS staff had routinely accepted meals, tickets to sporting events, and gifts from oil companies.[34] Staffers also used government computers to view pornography.[35] In 2009 the regional supervisor of the Gulf region for MMS pled guilty and was sentenced to a year's probation in federal court for lying about receiving gifts from an offshore drilling contractor. "This deeply disturbing report is further evidence of the cozy relationship between MMS and the oil and gas industry," Salazar said.[36][37]

NASA Earth Observatory: Oil Slick in the Gulf of Mexico

Congressman Blumenauer: To Address Demand for Oil, We Must Focus on Transportation

The transportation sector accounts for almost three-quarters of U.S. oil consumption and one-third of our carbon emissions.

BP krävs på ytterligare skadestånd för olyckan i Mexikanska golfen

BP has been hit by a new $34bn (£21.7bn) claim for alleged economic losses and punitive damages resulting from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico .

The latest demand comes from local and southern state governments, including Louisiana and Mississippi, hit hard by the pollution that followed the blowout on the BP-operated Macondo well in April 2010.

– Vi kommer att leverera genom säkra och pålitliga operationer, och genom disciplinerade och snabba investeringar där det finns möjlighet till stora marginaler, säger BP:s vd Bob Dudley i ett uttalande.