Wednesday, July 23, 2008

China warns ExxonMobil: Drop deal with Vietnam

[HT:PS]
China has warned U.S. oil giant ExxonMobil Corp. to drop an oil exploration deal in the seas off Vietnam and said the project could threaten any future mainland contracts, a Hong Kong newspaper reported Sunday.

Diplomats in Washington have contacted senior figures in the world's largest oil firm to protest the deal, which they say could be a breach of Chinese sovereignty...

[this from the nation drilling 60 miles of our Florida coast]

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