The Rising Influence of Rising Affluence

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and while deepwater GOM exploration makes a hill of beans difference now i don't think what's going on in Libya is unrelated to the permit issuance.

btw: my comment several days ago about western oil folks probably being safer in the desert vs making their way to the coast was wrong. Even when Qaddafi's 'troops' weren't a threat, banditry was (and probably is) running rampant. Folks in the camps were absolutely terrified and short of water and food.