Iraq's doubled OIL reserves & Cheney's 2001 map of Iraq's oil

[babylonsister]

(Lots of embedded links in this)
http://professorsmartass.blogspot.com/2007/04/iraq-may-have-twice-as-much-oil-and-war.html


Friday, April 20, 2007
Iraq's doubled OIL reserves & Cheney's 2001 map of Iraq's oil

The Financial Times of London is now reporting that Iraq's oil reserves may be double earlier estimates.

In addition to providing further confirmation that the war was about oil, one detail stood out--the location of the oil reserves that have been revised upward.

I went back and looked at the maps Cheney's Energy Task Force was pouring over in 2oo1 before the war and before even 9/11. They were looking at those same fields in Western Iraq, and had list of "foreign suitors" (read competitors) for those exploration blocks, shown in pink on Cheney's map (I added the color).



Cheney Energy Task Force Docs
Cheney's reluctance to give them up
http://www.judicialwatch.org/iraqi-oil-maps.shtml
http://www.judicialwatch.org/cheneycase.shtml

So Cheney meets with oil companies and looks at maps of Iraq. Then Condi gets a memo telling her to “cooperate fully with the Energy Task Force as it considered melding two seemingly unrelated areas of policy.” The NSC was ordered to support “the review of operational policies towards rogue states such as Iraq and actions regarding the capture of new and existing oil and gas fields.”

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[Uben]

1. You gotta ask yourself...

.... who would benefit from the revelation that the oil reserves in Iraq "may be" double?

If you believe this, I have some beachfront property in Arizona I'm trying to sell!

Everything, and I mean everything, that makes Iraq look more positive, is a lie. Bet on it!

[babylonsister]

2. Why do you reject this out of hand? Did you read the FT article?

And have you considered this is THE REASON we're there in the first place?:think: So who would benefit? Well, start with Dick Cheney and his fingers that seem to be in every pot...


http://www.ft.com/cms/s/23bedd7e-edd8-11db-8584-000b5df10621.html

Iraq may hold twice as much oil

By Ed Crooks in London

Published: April 18 2007 20:24 | Last updated: April 19 2007 09:08

Iraq could hold almost twice as much oil in its reserves as had been thought, according to the most comprehensive independent study of its resources since the US-led invasion in 2003.

The potential presence of a further 100bn barrels in the western desert highlights the opportunity for Iraq to be one of the world’s biggest oil suppliers, and its attractions for international oil companies – if the conflict in the country can be resolved.

If confirmed, it would raise Iraq from the world’s third largest source of oil reserves with 116bn barrels to second place, behind Saudi Arabia and overtaking Iran.

The study from IHS, a consultancy, also estimates that Iraq’s production could be increased from its current rate of less than 2m barrels a day to 4m b/d within five years, if international investment begins to flow.

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[Old and In the Way]

3. "who would benefit from the revelation that the oil reserves in Iraq "may be" double?"

In theory, the Iraqi's should. In reality, their new constitution, (you know, the one we helped them to write) assures that 80% of the oil profits will be privitized for the benefit of Big Oil. Why else would we gamble 3000 lives, $2 Trllion dollars, and our international reputation?

[screembloodymurder]

4. You know it's odd. PNAC advocated invading Iraq in 1998,

but you never heard a word about it until after 9/11/2001. It's almost like they were waiting for some catastrophic event to justify their otherwise defenseless plans.

[babylonsister]

5. Et voila! What a surprise!

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