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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Fishu on August 22, 2006, 07:05:46 AM
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http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/22/iran.romania.ap/index.html
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) -- A Romanian oil rig off the coast of Iran came under fire from an Iranian warship and was later occupied by Iranian troops, a company spokesman said.
The Iranians first fired into the air and then fired at the Orizont rig, said GSP spokesman Radu Petrescu. Half an hour later, troops from the ship boarded and occupied the rig and the company lost contact with the 26 crew members shortly afterward.
Petrescu said he had no information about any injuries or deaths. The Orizont rig has been moored near the Kish island in the Persian Gulf since October 2005, he told the Associated Press.
Eugen Chira, the political consul at the Romanian Embassy in Tehran confirmed the incident, but provided few details.
"Some forces opened fire. That an incident has happened is true. We have no details or the reason yet," he said.
GSP, also known as the Oil Services Group (Grup Servicii Petroliere), is a private Romanian company established in 2004, which operates six offshore rigs that it bought from Romania's largest oil company, Petrom.
Two of its rigs are operating near the Iranian coast in the Persian Gulf as part of a deal signed between Petrom, GSP and Dubai-based Oriental Oil Co.
The Romanian company in Iranian courts earlier this year over a dispute involving another oil rig, Fortuna, the financial weekly Saptamana Financiara has reported. It was unclear whether the incident was related to legal issues.
The Orizont rig was built in 1987 and weighs 13,000 tons.
Kish, in the southern end of the Persian Gulf, houses the offices of about 100 Iranian and foreign oil companies.
I wonder how much the gas prices goes up by this act of aggression and what will be the political outcome of this.
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Looks like gas will go up maybe 10 cents a gallon. Wonder if romanians will retaliate and strike a few targets over there.
Seems like lately that pong-ping-ching-chan or whatever the iranian president is called has been mirroring hitler's actions
Next thing you know they will be invading other countries to "cleanse" the population
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Trying to make WMD. Attacking foreigners.
Why aren't we invading them to topple their government? The war on terrorism and all that, you know, stay the course stuff. Is Bush waffling or is he a flip-flopper?
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Originally posted by rpm
Trying to make WMD. Attacking foreigners.
Why aren't we invading them to topple their government? The war on terrorism and all that, you know, stay the course stuff. Is Bush waffling or is he a flip-flopper?
lol
if/when we do, your next post will be why did we
gotta love the way some can hop from one side to the other and call that side their own
that cheekbones in iran has to go though, the sooner he vanishes from the pix, the better
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A Romanian oil rig off the coast of Iran came under fire from an Iranian warship and was later occupied by Iranian troops, a company spokesman said.
Perhaps they were pumping oil on Iranian territory? The article dont say much about that. Just "Off the coast of iran".
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no shortage of nutjob muslim run countries at this time.
lazs
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Originally posted by Maniac
Perhaps they were pumping oil on Iranian territory? The article dont say much about that. Just "Off the coast of iran".
if there was some muslim a-hole cutting ur wife`s or doughter`s trout, would u still look for some dumb exuse for them?
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It must be some kind of bussiness disagreement, apparently the romanians were drilling for the iranians in iranian waters and suddenly they want their rigs back, which doesn't seem to please their hosts, and there is some shady Dubai company in the middle of it all.
It's surprising (or not) how the guy pointing the obvious first question (why the hell are a bunch of romanians drilling off the iranian coast) is jumped upon by the usual zealots.
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I would repeadedly hit him with a cushin! Harrrrblahhrg!!!
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Originally posted by ~Caligula~
if there was some muslim a-hole cutting ur wife`s or doughter`s trout, would u still look for some dumb exuse for them?
Hello Mr Extremist/Racist.
If an Muslim was cutting my wifes or doughters trout, i woud think that he was helping them prepare to cook it.
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So far as political fallout I would imagine Romania will lodge a complaint with the UN which might denounce the act but nothing more.
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Originally posted by ~Caligula~
if there was some muslim a-hole cutting ur wife`s or doughter`s trout, would u still look for some dumb exuse for them?
trout cutters better stay away from my doughters trout!
:confused:
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Originally posted by JB88
trout cutters better stay away from my doughters trout!
:confused:
my apoligies in advance, sir
but this is too much of a setup
Does your wife smell like fish too?
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HA!
good one.
:rofl
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Originally posted by Eagler
lol
if/when we do, your next post will be why did we
gotta love the way some can hop from one side to the other and call that side their own
that cheekbones in iran has to go though, the sooner he vanishes from the pix, the better
I guess you missed his sarcasm :D
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Fighting Muslims is one thing, but invading and occupying them is another.
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Does your wife and doughter have a trouser trout? I would cut it out also.
:O
Must smell like Carp...damm I'm dyslexic this morning....
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Originally posted by Eagler
lol
if/when we do, your next post will be why did we
gotta love the way some can hop from one side to the other and call that side their own
that cheekbones in iran has to go though, the sooner he vanishes from the pix, the better
Just trying to understand the (cough) logic (/cough) of our foreign policy. Do we invade to take the fight to them before they bring it to us or what? We can use their oil to pay for it!!! What's the matter? You don't support the troops?
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must be a bunch of amerihaters rpm.
they don't deserve to wave the flag.
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Exactly.
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What do trout doughnuts have to do with this?
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Originally posted by Nilsen
I guess you missed his sarcasm :D
Bush fans, like Bush prolly don't get sarcasm. Takes higher brain activity.
I wonder when they will start marching with stiff legs?
:D
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it's not the legs you gots to worry about, it's the donuts.
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Originally posted by JB88
it's not the legs you gots to worry about, it's the donuts.
LOL, rabid Bush fan's still have those?
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not have....are.
:cool:
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Romanian firm hotly disputes Petroiran's claim
By Stanley Carvalho, Staff Reporter
Abu Dhabi: A Romanian company, accused by an Iran-owned oil company of hijacking an oil rig on Monday, said it was perfectly within its rights to move the rig to Sharjah.
The company said it had filed a criminal case against Petroiran Oil Company.
"We had permission from Iranian authorities to move the rig out because we completed our contract in April. It is wrong on the part of Petroiran to accuse us of hijacking the rig," Gabriel Comanescu, president of Grup Servicii Petroliere (GSP) told Gulf News.
"The rig had some technical problems and it needed 'annual class' certification by Germanishcer Lloyd," he said. "It has been brought to the anchorage area, three miles off Sharjah."
Comanescu said the company also secured clearances to enter the UAE.
"We have no problems with the UAE because we are moving here legally," he said. "Petroiran Oil Company has no legal right to urge any one for the return of the Fortuna rig."
State-owned Petroiran on Tuesday urged the UAE to help return the offshore drilling rig and prevent it from entering the UAE, according to AFP. Petroiran did not respond to queries posed by Gulf News.
Comanescu said his company filed the case against Petroiran in a government court in Tehran.
"Our company, GSP, officially signed a contract with Oriental Oil Company Dubai, but the Fortuna rig was rented by Oriental Oil Kish. We have a letter from the Dubai Chamber that Oriental Oil Company Dubai has not been registered in Dubai. This means the contract is illegal, so we have filed a case."
Comanescu also claimed Petroiran was still illegally in possession of yet another GSP rig, Orizont, which has 25 Romanian and 10 Indian crew on board. "As per the Kish island court order, we have permission to take Orizont but Petroiran is not allowing us."
Analysts said this looked like a rare case and much depends on the conditions of the charter party.
"It is the first time we are hearing of a rig-related case. Provided the conditions of the charter party were complied with, the rig owner is entitled to take it away on expiry of the contract and the Iranians would have little comeback on this," said Frank Kennedy, a maritime consultant in Dubai.
"But if the charter conditions were not complied with, then there will be repercussions," Kennedy said. "We don't know the clauses of the contract and cannot comment further."
Another Dubai analyst said due to political risks many companies were unwilling to extend contracts with Iranian companies.
"I think there are few international rigs operational in Iran despite the many tenders coming out," the analyst said.
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Originally posted by Maniac
Hello Mr Extremist/Racist.
Muslims are not a race. Hating them does not make one racist.
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< --romanian/canadian
:(:(, i'll up an LA7 and vulch some Iranian monkeys:mad: :mad:
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Ghi .. are you romanian? Then "Salutare" or "Servus" :)
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That's one thing I couldn't stand about Romania.
All the damn vampires.
That an all the Romans.
Ok, so that's 2 things.
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Who believes in vampires will end killed by them.... just kidding ;)
Of course vampires exist , but not as humanoids.
Insects , bats , et caetera....
I didn't get the point with the "Romans" ... did u mean those ancient roman citizens? :O
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hehehe trout doughnuts.
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Originally posted by ASTAC
Muslims are not a race. Hating them does not make one racist.
No, but it does make you an anti-Semite. Muslims are Semites too (or rather the Arabs are, but they are mostly Muslims). :)
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Originally posted by rpm
Trying to make WMD. Attacking foreigners.
Why aren't we invading them to topple their government? The war on terrorism and all that, you know, stay the course stuff. Is Bush waffling or is he a flip-flopper?
who is we, are u a soldier, are u goin to be there on the grond fightin. A situation like this might call for a draft, i wont mind goin, i just dont want the liberals tellin me when i can and cant shoot, i dont give a dam about the iranians and there lives mean nothin to me, b52 strikes anyone? Im sure 70,000 pounds of death landing and there heads will change there mind reall quick, but then agian these are the people that strap bombs to there childern to kill americans, a world without iran sounds better and better everytime i hear it. U want to call me a racist fine, add illegal mexicans to the hate list and im set.
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Originally posted by Pooh21
Does your wife smell like fish too?
Only when her legs are open.
ack-ack
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Originally posted by GtoRA2
Bush fans, like Bush prolly don't get sarcasm. Takes higher brain activity.
I wonder when they will start marching with stiff legs?
:D
I voted for Bush, and I got every word of sarcasm out of rpm's post.