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Her Majesty the Queen has formally opened British Petroleum's drilling operations in the North Sea, that will see 200 million barrels per day extracted for at least the next 100 years.

British Petroleum has become Britain's largest company overnight, following its formation with money from the London Stock Exchange just 6 months ago after the British Geological Survey announced its oceanic mineralogical discoveries.

Petroleum is being sold on the home market but there is considerable excess capacity that is being opened to foreign countries.

In total 10 million barrels are being consumed per day domestically, leaving 190 million barrels worth of production to go to foreign customers. These will be sold in blocks of 10 million barrels per day. There is no limit on the number of blocks of production a single nation may buy.

Block 1 - Calizorinstan
Block 2 - Calizorinstan
Block 3 - Crookfur
Block 4 - Crookfur
Block 5 - Anagonia
Block 6 - Anagonia
Block 7 - Anagonia
Block 8 - <unsold>
Block 9 - <unsold>
Block 10 - <unsold>
Block 11 - <unsold>
Block 12 - <unsold>
Block 13 - <unsold>
Block 14 - <unsold>
Block 15 - <unsold>
Block 16 - <unsold>
Block 17 - <unsold>
Block 18 - <unsold>
Block 19 - <unsold>
Block 20 - Thatchers-Britain (reserved under Defence of the Realm (Energy) Act 2008)

Current Price - $70/barrel delivered

Please state which block(s) of production you wish to purchase.

OOC: BC will be coming after your oil fields, T-B.

(OOC: Dude Nobody is Gonna Have That Much Money per day to keep an oil field, and Blackhelm is most likely gonna take your oil by force or request a merger or else...)

(OOC: Dude Nobody is Gonna Have That Much Money per day to keep an oil field, and Blackhelm is most likely gonna take your oil by force or request a merger or else...)

((OOC: If you count the energy company, I think this will be about his 5th war in less than 5 days.))

ooc: Stop spamming this thread with your gibberish.

$700,000,000 per day is a fair price for oil. You dont get the field, you get the oil from it. That price equals $70 per barrel which is less than the current oil price.

Official Government Communique

We wish to purchase two blocks of oil, or 20 million barrels per day for 1.4 billion, which we will wire you.

Signed,
Secretary of State
Harry Norfolk
Calizorinstan

OOC: I think that's the right amount, I used Calculator, if not correct me then please. Thanks.

Thankyou for your purchase.

- BP Customer Relations

OOC:

Do something original.

To: whom it may concern, BP.
From: Durnovaria Resoruces


Dear Sirs,

Whilst your pirce may appear high we actually consier it a fair price. However we would like to ask if this price includes shipping and if so over what distance?

Regardless of your answer Durnovaria Resources would like to book two slsots of annual production and the required funds are availble for transfer.

Kind regards
Keith Jefferson,
Director
Resource Development and Procurement Dept.
Durnovaria Resources

Durnovaria Resources is an equal opertunities and enviromentally forcused organisation that gladly accepts feedback. If you have anything you wish to bring to our attention please contact your local agent or contact our external liason team in Crookfur directly.

Winner of the Crookfur Green Business Award 2001-2008

Official Declaration

The United Republic would like to purchase three blocks, for $2.8 Billion Universal Standard Dollars, which will then be sold to parties elsewhere. We don't use the oil, but seeing as some guy from Giffen...whatever..is involved we'd like to make sure they don't get everything. And, considering that, we would like to start a payment plan to purchase four more blocks over four standard years (four days).

The offer stands, and we could be your sole customer. Anyway, may your success be grand!

Yours truly,
Caster Oblivion
Chief of Foreign Affairs and Activities
Person who would probably sell the oil for a dollar a barrel each

Crookfur: Price is for the crude oil only. You may arrange shipping yourself or we can have it carried in BP tankers for an appropriate fee.

Your booking has been processed.

Anagonia: Thankyou for your order and also thankyou for paying the price of 4 blocks while only asking for the produce of 3. You are most kind.

You may buy any further quantity of blocks at the arranged rate of $70 per barrel delivered whenever you have finance. However we are not a bank and cannot offer you a loan for such a large sum. I would suggest the Thatcherite British bank HSBC plc. for these services. However it may not be advisable to set-up a standing order on debt.

- BP Customer Relations

On behalf of Queen Belladonna of the Queendom of ka-Spel, I would like to reserve 1 block for $700,000,000. We also wish to negotiate trade with your country for our massive Uranium deposit. If you wish to set up a trade agreement, telegram me at this office and we will discuss it further. Thank you for your time.

Princess Coldheart
Queendom of ka-Spel Secretary of State

As a monarch of a fellow petrlium nation I must warn you; some weirdos called Griffincrest will probably try to steal your oil. I advice you to mobilize your reserves in advance, since that seems to be the only method to scare these cowards away.

signed; Bardur I, sovereign king of Bardar.

ka-Spel: A standing order for $700,000,000 per day has been set up and oil shipments will begin immediately.

- BP Customer Relations

ka-Spel: The government would be interested in free trade but does not deal directly in uranium following the privatisation of Magnox plc.

Bardar: We will fight them on the beaches, on the landing grounds and in the streets. We will never surrender.

- Thatcherite-British Government

From the CEO of heckson energy.
dont let those guys from griff mess with you. The kingdom of Imbrinium stood behind my company and where still going on. If you need anything conact me, or the Kingdom of Imbrinium's PM for anything you may need. The King has offered naval escort for all of our tankers. independant oil companies must stand together til governments can figure out how to deal with the threat of our oil being taken over. thank you for your time
heckson energy

Her Majesty is ironic to find more money.

The Raven Corporation Corporate Communique

As the world continues to fall deeper and deeper into energy nessesity, we at the Raven Corporation are diticated to ensuring the energy needs of the future. We request that the remaining blocks be given to the Raven corporation in order to begin extraction and protection of the resource and its abilities from potentail Oil Barons who will undoutablly attack you as news reaches them.

We hope you consider our offer as it will be in your best interest.

Britain will not "give" these blocks away but they will be sold for the agreed price if you have the money available.

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To Whom It May Concern;-

Having learned of Thatchers-Britain's recent fortune in the discovery of vast reserves of oil, it has become clear that protection and security is a necessity. Unfortunately, in the modern era, warfare is a highly costly business. Maintenance, training, equipment and so forth, it all soon adds up. However the more fiscally challenging aspect of combat is the loss of life and soldiers, who have the equivilient of millions of dollars invested in them.

For this very reason, LifeWyze can provide state of the art biological and chemical weaponry. With but a few biological or chemical agents placed within explosives, it is possible to protect entire drilling sites, with only a minimum in collateral damage. Best of all, LifeWyze has within store chemical and biological agents that disperse rapidly, allowing operations to resume within hours, all without the costly task of cleaning.

Realistically, the only economically viable choice is biological or chemical weaponry, and LifeWyze supplies the best. Be wise, use LifeWyze.

Maximillian Kentworth,
Secretary of International Sales,
LifeWyze Corporation.

LifeWyze: Put Your Life in Our Hands.

The Raven Corporation Corporate Communique


Subject: Negoiations.

We are sad to hear that you have rejected our offer of protection for your fields. This will not be taken lightly by our Board of Directors. We again ask you to hand over the fields for your own saftey.

The Lady's not for turning.

The Raven Corporation Corporate Communique


We are extremely sorry that you have denied yourself the protection of the Raven corporation. We wish you prosperity in your days to come.

You're welcome.

Questarian Drilling and Refining Ltd and Beaufort Electrics would like to purchase blocks 18 and 19 respectively for the price set by British Petroleum and would like to inquire whether there are protectionist policies that would limit the sale of oil received by these blocks to the British public by these companies.

On the behalf of governing board at Royal Oceanian Petroleum, I would like to announce the intention of ROP to purchase at the stated $70/bbl quote fields 8–9 and 11–14 for a sum of $3.5 billion. Secondly, ROP would like to make an enquiry into the possibility of investing in refining capacity in Scotland, preferably in the metropolitan area of Aberdeen. Specifically, we would like to seek any and all information about labour laws, zoning permits, pollution controls, and general state of infrastructure and demographics.

Signed

Sir Geoffrey Spencer
Chairman, Royal Oceanian Petroleum

Reading through quickly I get the feeling from others that these prices are abnormally high. What is the usual rate for oil?

I'd like to purchase block ten.
Provided Azazia is willing to get bumped "up" to blocks 8-9 and 11 through 14

ooc: not a problem at all, edited my offer accordingly

The Imperial Grestonian Army wishes to purchase blocks 15-17 for special purposes. A percentage of the oil drilled will be sent to the populace, the other to the armed forces stationed in Shofercia.

~General The Rt. Hon. Sir John Chamberhill