The Rising Influence of Rising Affluence

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And last article had links to another Russian reason to oppose NATO on gas field off Syrian coast (Dec 2013) http://www.globalresearch.ca/israel-gas-oil-and-trouble-in-the-levant/5362955

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n a pre-emptive move, on Christmas Day, Syria announced a deal with Russia to explore 2,190 kilometres (850 Sq. miles) for oil and gas off its Mediterranean coast, to be: “… financed by Russia, and should oil and gas be discovered in commercial quantities, Moscow will recover the exploration costs.”

Syrian Oil Minister, Ali Abbas said during the signing ceremony that the contract covers “25 years, over several phases.”

Syria, increasingly crippled by international sanctions, has seen oil production plummet by ninety percent since the largely Western fermented unrest began in March 2011. Gas production has nearly halved, from thirty million cubic metres a day, to 16.7 cubic metres daily.

The agreement is reported to have resulted from “months of long negotiations” between the two countries. Russia, as one of the Syrian government’s main backers, looks set to also become a major player in the Levant Basin’s energy wealth. (vi)

Lebanon disputes Israel’s map of the Israeli-Lebanese maritime border, filing their own map and claims with the UN in 2010. Israel claims Lebanon is in the process of granting oil and gas exploration licenses in what Israel claims as its “exclusive economic zone.”....

And pipeline for NG going to Turkey instead of liquid NG as planned... But doesn't that eventually help Iran when they are no longer self supplying? Funny Israel helping fuel Iran that wanted to destroy them with the previous Iranian President...