Bud's Offshore Energy (BOE)

As if drilling offshore Cuba wasn’t already controversial enough, add Hugo Chavez to the mix.  Now this should be interesting:

Venezuelan state oil company PdVSA will “soon” being exploratory drilling in Cuban waters of the Gulf of Mexico, President Hugo Chávez said during a bilateral meeting in Havana earlier this week.

Scarabeo 9

It sounds like they may want to use Saipem’s new Scarabeo 9 which is scheduled to drill a well for Repsol early next year.  The only sure thing is that they won’t be using the Aban Pearl.