{"id":32772,"date":"2013-03-11T08:49:17","date_gmt":"2013-03-11T12:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/?p=32772"},"modified":"2013-03-11T08:52:27","modified_gmt":"2013-03-11T12:52:27","slug":"bahamas-petroleum-ceo-responds-to-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2013\/03\/bahamas-petroleum-ceo-responds-to-minister","title":{"rendered":"Bahamas Petroleum CEO Responds To Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_32780\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32780\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32780\" title=\"simon-potter-ceo-bahamas-petroleum\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/simon-potter-ceo-bahamas-petroleum.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/simon-potter-ceo-bahamas-petroleum.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/simon-potter-ceo-bahamas-petroleum-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-32780\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Simon Potter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Simon Potter, CEO of Bahamas Petroleum Company issued the following statement from the company\u2019s offices in New Providence subsequent to an announcement by Kenred Dorsett, Minister of Environment and Housing, regarding the future conduct and consideration of offshore oil exploration in The Bahamas:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe very much welcome today\u2019s statement from the Honourable Minister for the Environment, and are pleased to be in a position to help gather and report back additional data characterizing the offshore resource potential for our licence areas bounding the Cuban border.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the Minister noted, exploration activities have already commenced in the region and in fact are well underway just on the other side of the country\u2019s maritime boundary with Cuba. Today\u2019s announcement clears the way for a thorough assessment to be conducted on the potential for oil on the Bahamian side of the border.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNeedless to say, a successful discovery offshore has the potential to generate significant value for the country and enormous long-term benefits for the Bahamian people. But while the public weighs those potential opportunities, it also has a right to know that proper care will be taken, sensible investments will be made, and the best and most suitable technology will be brought to bear to ensure that any activities conducted offshore are executed safely, and in a manner that both preserves and protects the environment for generations to come. Many other nations in the region have successfully balanced both the challenges and opportunities inherent in such activities, as can The Bahamas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the next several months, our plan is to demonstrate in a straightforward and transparent way how exploration plans will be implemented and strengthened. We anticipate it will take at least a year to appropriately plan any drilling activities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith today\u2019s announcement, we have been granted the opportunity to do precisely that. And for that opportunity, we are genuinely excited.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Serena Williams&#8230; Media &amp; Public Relations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Simon Potter, CEO of Bahamas Petroleum Company issued a statement subsequent to an announcement by the Minister of Environment and Housing, regarding offshore oil exploration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10223285771444175_51037792744":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[76,244],"class_list":["post-32772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","tag-environment-2","tag-oil"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32772\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}