Comments on: Florida House Passes Bill That Could Breathe Life Into Area’s Old Oil Wells

By: Trisha

Trisha — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 17:27:01 +0000

Yes! We need job in this area. Those that oppose , must have a job.

By: Heather Satterlee

Heather Satterlee — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 16:23:44 +0000

The tax breaks are specifically because Quantum Resources closed the well in 2007. Wanna know why? So you could continue to have cheap gas and petroleum products….the field was shut down because it was stated that the prices of the oil in the ground were too low to continue running some of those Oil Rigs. It was determined by the final cost of each barrel pumped that it was cheaper to import.

This incentive is an effort to defray the cost of getting the resources out of the ground. It’s been over 40 years now since that oil field was discovered, and according to what I’ve read over the years, it’s either 30-40% depleted. Which means there’s still quite a bit of oil in that field. We don’t have 50 posts stating this is a bad idea because it’s not. There’s been no significant environmental impact at any of these sites (studies are actually available with simple google searches), the only reason the oil stopped flowing is because after the bills were tabulated it was determined oil could be had cheaper from overseas than in our own back yard.

By: Brian

Brian — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 14:04:30 +0000

We need the jobs, Need to lower fuel cost, Need to get North Escambia back to work. Families will benefit from this. Whats the problem? Oil Spill, Much better on land than sea. Cant disspurse & sink it on land. Have to clean it up. More jobs. Drill !

By: Whynot?

Whynot? — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 13:38:13 +0000

We could all use the jobs, What good are oil wells if we dont use them . We drill for water, Natural gas. Why not oil? Need our oil prices to go down & income to go up. An oil spill on land is way better than on Water.

By: Eric

Eric — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:47:16 +0000

Some of those capped wells are on property that Gulf Power just purchased.

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 23:28:27 +0000

Oops, sorry Doug. Here, let me try:

NO!
. . . NO!
. . . . . . . . NO!

Keeping those evil corporations from getting tax breaks is FAR more important than providing jobs or improving energy independence or not funding international terrorists.

David trying to maintain straight face

By: Doug

Doug — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:36:56 +0000

I’m shocked. This story has been posted for more than 10 minutes and we don’t have 50 posts as to why this is a bad idea. Are Floridians finally starting to realize that it takes more than fishing, farming, and the military installations to sustain our economy?