Thanks to Sensibly Forward for this information.
Obama has used the guise of the EPA to shut down US oil companies in the gulf citing environmental concerns (putting more than 25,000 Americans out of work) and has proceded with US loans to Brazillian and Mexican Petroleum companies...see links below...
-- Capping wells
-- Brazillian oil company loan
--Brazillian company drilling in the gulf.
--Loans to Mexico for drilling in the gulf.