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"torresD" |
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23 Nov 2005 11:14:26 AM |
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Waiting in the Wings - For Iraq's OIL |
The World's four oil giants
(BP, Exxon, Chevron and Shell) ,
have been desperate to get back
into Iraq,
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article328527.ece
Companies waiting in the wings for Iraqi riches
By Leonard Doyle, Foreign Editor
Published: 22 November 2005
On the eve of the war in Iraq,
there was a shocking moment of
clarity in the Commons when
Jack Straw revealed that when
it was all over,
France and Germany
would not be allowed to
"get their snouts in the trough".
This public slap in the face
to Britain's biggest EU partners
gave an insight into what was really
concentrating US and British minds.
Having constructed a tortuous
case for war over Iraq's lack
of co-operation with the UN
security Council,
plans were being laid for
post-Saddam Iraq excluding
non-coalition countries.
Straw's remarks revealed
the focused on Iraqs oil.
The World's four oil giants
(BP, Exxon, Chevron and Shell) ,
have been desperate to get back
into Iraq,
since being booted out in
the nationalisation of 1972.
Iraq sits on the world's second
largest proven oil reserves,
expected to increase to reserves
of 200-plus billion barrels of
high-grade crude.
No one doubts Bush's determination
to ensure "friendly" companies gain
the lion's share of lucrative oil
contracts -
worth hundreds of billions
of dollars over many decades.
Iraq's new constitution -
practically written by US
and Foreign office advisors,
guarantees a major role
for foreign companies.
Production Sharing Agreements would
hand over control of dozens of oil
fields, like the gian Majnoon .
After next month's elections,
when a new Iraqi government
takes over and contracts are
signed it will become clearer
how much oil was part of London
and Washington's pre-war plans.
Also in this section
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| User: "DGVREIMAN" |
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| Title: Re: Waiting in the Wings - For Iraq's OIL |
24 Nov 2005 12:56:12 AM |
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"torresD" <torresd30@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:Sr1hf.4618$wf.1355@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net...
The World's four oil giants
(BP, Exxon, Chevron and Shell) ,
have been desperate to get back
into Iraq,
mpanies waiting in the wings for Iraqi riches
By Leonard Doyle, Foreign Editor
Published: 22 November 2005
Doug Says: The USA and the free world are oil dependant. The
free nations spent countless amounts of money to help the
Middle Eastern nations develop their oil fields, with repayment
contracts that would allow the free world to purchase the oil
they developed at a fair price. Then Jimmy Carter allowed
Plague Radical Islam to take over Iran, and then oil was used
to finance terrorism and used as blackmail. Is oil worth
fighting a war over? You bet. The free world's economic
security, right now, depends upon the flow of oil from nations
we developed and cultivated. If we were smart we would force
these oil rich nations to become democracies which would
guarantee their oil would be available to the free world for as
long as we need it - which will not be very long considering
the price of a barrel of oil has exceeded $60 - and that means
alternate forms of energy have become practical and viable.
Soon, the deserts will reclaim their lands and the goons will
be chasing Camels again instead of living oil rich.
Doug Grant (Tm)
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| User: "GROUND ZERO MECCA" |
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| Title: Re: Waiting in the Wings - For Iraq's OIL |
24 Nov 2005 03:40:45 PM |
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Soon, the deserts will reclaim their lands and the goons will
be
killing each other over waterholes ---
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| User: "Langston out@thechickenhouse" |
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| Title: Re: Waiting in the Wings - For Iraq's OIL |
25 Nov 2005 11:56:02 AM |
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Hey, that sounds like a good deal to me. Those oil companies get to make
more money (buy their stock if you want to share in the riches) and we get
lots of cheap oil! What's not to like?
SF
BL
"torresD" <torresd30@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:Sr1hf.4618$wf.1355@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net...
: The World's four oil giants
: (BP, Exxon, Chevron and Shell) ,
: have been desperate to get back
: into Iraq,
:
: http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article328527.ece
: Companies waiting in the wings for Iraqi riches
: By Leonard Doyle, Foreign Editor
: Published: 22 November 2005
:
: On the eve of the war in Iraq,
: there was a shocking moment of
: clarity in the Commons when
: Jack Straw revealed that when
: it was all over,
:
: France and Germany
: would not be allowed to
:
: "get their snouts in the trough".
:
: This public slap in the face
: to Britain's biggest EU partners
: gave an insight into what was really
: concentrating US and British minds.
:
: Having constructed a tortuous
: case for war over Iraq's lack
: of co-operation with the UN
: security Council,
:
: plans were being laid for
: post-Saddam Iraq excluding
: non-coalition countries.
:
: Straw's remarks revealed
: the focused on Iraqs oil.
:
: The World's four oil giants
: (BP, Exxon, Chevron and Shell) ,
: have been desperate to get back
: into Iraq,
:
: since being booted out in
: the nationalisation of 1972.
:
: Iraq sits on the world's second
: largest proven oil reserves,
: expected to increase to reserves
: of 200-plus billion barrels of
: high-grade crude.
:
: No one doubts Bush's determination
: to ensure "friendly" companies gain
: the lion's share of lucrative oil
: contracts -
:
: worth hundreds of billions
: of dollars over many decades.
:
: Iraq's new constitution -
: practically written by US
: and Foreign office advisors,
:
: guarantees a major role
: for foreign companies.
:
: Production Sharing Agreements would
: hand over control of dozens of oil
: fields, like the gian Majnoon .
:
: After next month's elections,
: when a new Iraqi government
: takes over and contracts are
: signed it will become clearer
: how much oil was part of London
: and Washington's pre-war plans.
: Also in this section
:
:
.
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| User: "Red Jacket Red" |
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| Title: Re: Waiting in the Wings - For Iraq's OIL |
26 Nov 2005 06:03:48 AM |
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So does my stock portfolio.
"torresD" <torresd30@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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The World's four oil giants
(BP, Exxon, Chevron and Shell) ,
have been desperate to get back
into Iraq,
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