It's about
- TURNING SYRIA's PIPELINES OVER TO THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD ! ! !
This is the MUSLIM TERRORIST IN CHIEF's war to take away control of Syria from Bashar al-Assad.The ILLEGAL ALIEN IN CHIEF is again bending over to kiss the ring of Saudi King Abdullah and turn Syria over to his control for the Gas Pipeline deal.
Russia is also concerned about Syria's pipelines, due to the pipelines in Turkey and the newly found earthquake fault lines that affect the gas and oil transported from Russia to Europe.
- It's time for the United States Citizens to WAKE UP, because, ...
- with all those other countries affected by the oil that flows through this area,
The Mad Scramble for Oil and Gas :
Energy Geopolitics and the U.S. ‘Mission’ in Iraq and Syria
Iran, Iraq, Syria to Construct Gas Pipeline to Europe
- ... Iranian Deputy Oil Minister Javad Oji said Iran, Iraq and Syria will sign an agreement on the construction of a pipeline to transfer Iran's natural gas to Europe, Iran's Energy and Oil Information Network (Shana) reported ...
Under the deal, natural gas produced in Iran's South Pars oil and gas field will be pumped through Iran, Iraq and Syria to Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea before reaching Europe, he said.
... Oji said the pipeline would ultimately have the capacity to pump 110 million cubic meters of natural gas per day. ...
Syria, Turkey, Israel and a Greater Middle East Energy War
- .... Any export of Syrian or Iranian gas to the EU would go through the Russian-tied port of Tarsus. ....
Role of Natural Gas Assets in Middle East Conflict
... Russia could view the development of Leviathan as a geopolitical threat, but more likely it will treat it as an opportunity to protect and enhance its ability to supply gas to Europe. The basin offers a potential Southern alternative to the Northern gas pipelines from Russia, but unlike the planned Nabucco pipeline, its development is unlikely to be free of Russian interests. While Russian involvement could limit the extent to which Europe is eager to rely on Leviathan-sourced gas supplies, prices will be the more significant factor as the European economies continues to falter. The discovery of the Leviathan basin has already altered the regional balance of power in the Middle East and Europe, dividing Turkey and Israel and stoking tensions with Iran. And while mutual economic interests typically beget cooperation, the prospect of conflict remains in a time of great political uncertainty. Therefore, both caution and active mediation are required. The economies of Europe, not to mention the Middle East and beyond, cannot afford to let miscalculation or aggression slow the development of critical resources. ...
(Investor Place) The EU’s Gazprom Headache
- ... Russia’s EU Ambassador Vladimir Chizhov ... added that Russia will always “favor negotiated solutions because nobody wants a gas war.”
There lies the biggest issue. Russia will always do right by Russia first. Nothing in its history has said otherwise. The quasi-capitalist country isn’t going to play fair, just because the EU wants it to. Especially in this case because it has the upper hand and easily could turn off the spigot. A winter in the Balkans is mighty mighty cold without heat.
At the same time, short of outright asset seizures or perhaps conflict, the EU realistically will have a tremendously difficult time forcing the Kremlin to pay those potential fines.
And Russia should have no trouble finding new sources of demand for all that natural gas, if it decides to give the EU the proverbial finger. Already, the nation is looking both east and west to secure new contracts. Gazprom recently signed a $7 billion liquefied natural gas contract with Japan and is currently in talks with Argentina’s YPF (NYSE:YPF) to provide LNG as well as drilling technology. ...