[MikefromOhio]

Qatar doesn't have a lot of oil.

[JasonC]

If 15 billion barrels of proven and recoverable reserves isn't a lot, I guess. If you think $1 trillion is walking around money, I suppose.

[fallujah-nuker]

"Qatar doesn't have a lot of oil."

The do have the worlds third largest reserves of natural gas.

Greatest Natural Gas Reserves by Country, 2005
Rank Country Proved reserves
(trillion cu ft)
1. Russia 1,680.0
2. Iran 940.0
3. Qatar 910.0
4. Saudi Arabia 235.0
5. United Arab Emirates 212.1
6. United States 189.0
7. Nigeria 176.0
8. Algeria 160.5
9. Venezuela 151.0
10. Iraq 110.0

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0872966.html

[mlc9852]

I thought they were a very rich country because of all the oil.

[Americanexpat]

Qatar does not have a lot of oil.

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Hello Mike

Your right they don't have a lot of oil, but when I was working there they were sitting on a lot of natural gas and expected to make more money from that project than from oil exports.

Also, I have never lived in a country where I have felt safer from the common criminals than I did in Iraq. You seldom heard of crimes there.

I would like to thank the country of Qatar for a very generous donation to the USA and I do so without any snide remarks or looking for ulterior motives.