Iran Finds Staggeringly Large Amount of Oil??
Iran: 30 Billion Barrels Oilfield Discovered
June 15, 2010
Iran discovered 30 billion barrels of oil in a southwestern oilfield that borders Iraq, according to the Jomhuri-ye Eslami newspaper, Reuters reported June 15. An Iranian company along with a Chinese company are preparing the ground for exploration of oil in the Arvand-Kenar field that has 30 billion barrels of oil in place, the daily quoted Latif Hayayi Ahvazi, governor of Arvand-Kenar town, as saying.
Thirty billion would only make this perhaps one of the top 5 oil fields in the world. Are they bluffing? Who knows. If not, the Chinese will help them to no end subvert any international pressure to get nukes so long as they get their mits on a good chunk of the oil. (Shit, BP might want to help the Iranians after we scalp, draw and quarter them over here.) The non-proliferation crowd just lost pretty much all of its leverage if this is accurate. This makes Obama's monstrous Iranian blunder all the more horrible. Plus I think it ensures that Israel bombs the nuclear research facilities this year.
June 15, 2010
Iran discovered 30 billion barrels of oil in a southwestern oilfield that borders Iraq, according to the Jomhuri-ye Eslami newspaper, Reuters reported June 15. An Iranian company along with a Chinese company are preparing the ground for exploration of oil in the Arvand-Kenar field that has 30 billion barrels of oil in place, the daily quoted Latif Hayayi Ahvazi, governor of Arvand-Kenar town, as saying.
Thirty billion would only make this perhaps one of the top 5 oil fields in the world. Are they bluffing? Who knows. If not, the Chinese will help them to no end subvert any international pressure to get nukes so long as they get their mits on a good chunk of the oil. (Shit, BP might want to help the Iranians after we scalp, draw and quarter them over here.) The non-proliferation crowd just lost pretty much all of its leverage if this is accurate. This makes Obama's monstrous Iranian blunder all the more horrible. Plus I think it ensures that Israel bombs the nuclear research facilities this year.
posted by Donny Baseball at 9:59 AM
2 Comments:
The Arvand-Kenar field that "borders Iraq", huh? That sounds more than a bit suspicious. Kinda makes me wonder just how much of that 30 billion barrels lies on which side of the border.
Yeah, good thing they don't fight wars over disputed oil rights!
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