Beverly Hillbillies - Season One, Episode One: The Clampetts Strike Oil, Aired on CBS-TV, September 26, 1962
http://youtu.be/ZgRamBj5f_oAt 06:42, the first time we ever see the face of Big Oil in The Beverly Hillbillies in the form of Mr. Brewster (Frank Wilcox) of the OK Oil Company. But, of course, over time and lots of crazy adventures he finds himself in after indulging them, this city slicker from Tulsa finds the Clampetts charming and endearing, and comes to appreciate their genuine humanity and willingness to always help others without asking anything in return. That is, when Cousin Pearl isn't putting the moves on him.
That's not "Texas tea," that's Cuban tea... U.S. & Cuba as 'Oil & Water': U.S. response to Cuban oil spill would be "limited"; U.S. Coast Guard's role
Three informative pieces on the prospective role of the U.S. (and the U.S. coast Guard) in responding to any future Cuban oil spill (by foreign energy companies) and some of the political and practical problems that may arise due to the U.S.'s longstanding economic embargo against Cuba.
St. Petersburg Times
Oil spill from drilling in Cuban waters could have limited U.S. response
By Erika Bolstad, Miami Herald
October 19, 2011
WASHINGTON — As exploratory oil drilling is set to begin in December off the coast of Cuba, the U.S. government acknowledged Tuesday that because of chilly diplomatic relations, it could have a limited ability to control the response to an oil spill there, let alone one the magnitude of last year's Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.
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See also:
Florida Politics blog
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Coast Guard braces for potential Cuban oil spill
By William Gibson
March 23, 2011 09:56 AM
and
Market News International
LatamEnergy: US Embargo on Cuba Hinders Response to Gulf Spill
By Heather Scott
October 28, 2011 - 11:15
https://mninews.deutsche-boerse.com/index.php/latamenergy-us-embargo-cuba-hinders-response-gulf-spill?q=content/latamenergy-us-embargo-cuba-hinders-response-gulf-spill