Posted on 10/23/2009 6:24:43 PM PDT by DavidAccord
WASHINGTON — A leading energy developer said the United States has been excluded from Iraq's revived energy market. ShareThis
T. Boone Pickens told Congress that U.S. companies were losing opportunities in the Iraqi crude oil and natural gas sectors to competitors from China and Europe. The senior executive said the United States could lose all influence in the Iraqi oil sector after the military withdrawal in 2011.
"They're opening them [oil fields] up to other companies all over the world," Pickens told the Congressional Natural Gas Caucus on Oct. 21.
"We leave there with the Chinese getting the oil," he said.
Pickens urged Congress to demand a U.S. share of Iraqi oil exploration and development contracts.
In 2009, Iraq awarded its first oil contracts to foreigners, selecting British Petroleum and China's state-owned CNPC. ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips have been competing with Russia's LukOil to develop Iraq's West Quran oil field.
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Considering that he has been batting less then .250 over the last few years, he may be on to something this time. ;-)
Among the foremost moral concerns of the Reactionary Left is to deprive America of all fossil fuel access whether at home or abroad.
This obnoxiously hypocritical community never raises concerns about where China or another radical Statists get their oil. But America may never morally acquire a supply of oil.
Is this a surprise? I always thought that Bush should have demanded that the Iraqis should PAY for all the development we were giving them, since they happen to have rich oil fields.
This is, I suppose, partly Bush’s fault for not demanding it. But he had a real problem politically, back home, since the moonbats all insisted that he and Cheney were “evil Texas oilmen,” and that we were only in Iran for oil.
Well, and why else? We went into Iran in part to ensure an oil supply to the West.
So, now it goes to China? No doubt with Obama’s blessings.
Hmmmmm.
Well, I’m certainly not taking anything that the T. Scam Pickens says at face value. Although if we had appropriated their oil as repayment for taking care of their dictator problem, the left would have collective gone radioactive.
I’m going to say well yes...we were not there for the oil blah blah bla, ok flame me now.
This can’t be since we only went there to steal the oil.
Aargh. Iraq, not Iran. I pulled the trigger too soon.
I estimate that 35% of Americans are of the opinion that our evil oil companies shouldn’t have the oil.
Good lord I’m sooo tired I know what I said is wrong but jees it seems like everything is a fight.
I seem to remember George W. Bush promising that the war in Iraq would be financed by Iraqi oil.
The Iraqis are strictly selling to the highest bidder. And as for all that blood and treasure that the United States spent to liberate them, well, “Thank you very much, Uncle Sam. Have a nice day.”
Ah yes. But the ‘no blood for oil’ cryabies should be very pleased.
Yes we are suckers. The Chinese won the war in Iraq and we didn’t even know it. And we are paying to rebuild the country. We have traitors running our government, traitors.
I’m not sure you’ll believe this story, but here goes:
You know how Afghanistan is poor, and they make money off of growing heroin? And how we have the US Geological Survey? Well, the guys there got an idea; if the Afghanis knew where their minerals were, they could exploit those, and get money, and they’d love the USA, and maybe not have to export so much freaking JUNK to our kids.
OK so far?
So we rigged up this whiz-bang P3-Orion with all kinds of neato stuff, and at gov’t expense those guys flew all over the country, finding this valuable mineral stuff for the Afghanis.
You know what the Afghanis did with all that data? They sold the mineral rights to CHINA. I’m serious.
LINK: USGS finds Afghani minerals, Afghans sell rights to china
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/tag/usgs/
Even though there was a Vichy France, we still fought to free them from the Nazis
You don’t seem to see the big picture when it come to Iraq.
Having talked with many who have been there and Afghanistan incliding my relatives, your version of the war sounds more like Liberal MSM
Saw from another post you support Pawlenty.
when asked about the congressional election 23rd Dist. NY that has been major news, Pawlenty when asked yesterday
who he was suporting, he said I don’t know much about it or the candidates.
Am sure glad he doesn’t expect to run for president, he wouldn’t last through the first primary.
Using Wired for a source on the war is odd unless
you are an anti war lliberal which is where that magazine is at.
The US inflicted an unforgivable humiliation on Iraqis: we gave them the freedom and democracy that they could not obtain on their own.
Source?
Pawlenty wasn’t up to the minute on an upstate New York Congressional seat, but it was reported today that he is going to support the Conservative in the race.
We hear a lot of people being called RINOs here. I am of the opinion that George W. Bush was the biggest RINO of them all.
Laurence Lindsey, President Bush’s senior economic advisor at the time — argued in 2002 that the Iraq war would increase oil supplies and lower prices. From the Washington Times, 9/19/02:
As for the impact of a war with Iraq, “It depends how the war goes.” But he quickly adds that that “Under every plausible scenario, the negative effect will be quite small relative to the economic benefits that would come from a successful prosecution of the war.”
“The key issue is oil, and a regime change in Iraq would facilitate an increase in world oil,” which would drive down oil prices, giving the U.S. economy an added boost.
I will look for some more quotes, but the one above is typical.
I seem to remember George W. Bush promising that the war in Iraq would be financed by Iraqi oil.
It amazes me that those people can’t simply look around them and understand that thier very existence and survival depends on OIL.
Damn right wars over oil are worth it. We have to have it,and we have to have an uninterupted suppy of it.Three weeks without petroleum and our country would be reduced to cannibalism,with the exception of a few rural folks.
doesn’t matter. we are going green. millions of new jobs. health care. electric cars. solar, wind. clean air. all that. /s
And don’t forget the gum drops and unicorns....
Hmmm...I read the article and don't recall it mentioning anything about the war.
Here's why China's search for minerals is important (disclaimer: I don't know if this source is "lliberal" or not):
Many non professional pols know the background to the 23rd.
How nice of Pawlenty to jump on board after it is safe to do so since Sarah Palin, Rep. Backmann, Santorum, etc.
have given their support to Hoffman.
I am a Conservative Republican period.
Hoffman has stated he is a Reagan Conservative Republican.
and will caucus with the Republicans.
If Dede was just another Liberal Republican but that is not the case, her background is in line with Far Left Democrats including ACORN connection.
Being anti war Newbie, you might want to move over to DU.
You also sound like a L Ron Paul lemming.
Oil was $23 a barrel at the start of the Iraqi War, it went up to $140 in September of last year.
GWB Chief Economic Advisor Bruce Lindsay claimed the war would lower our fuel and oil costs.
I support an attack against Iran, not the war against Iraq’s non-existent WMD. Why must people always carry water for GWB?
GWB was the man who brought us Barack Obama, at least in my humble opinion.
Going face to face against the Code Pinkos on several demonstrations, their rants sound like your talking points.
well T Boone i’ve never held you in esteem nor your wacked out millions-of-free-gubmint-land-for-your-special-interest-holding-wife.
If you have any complaints i suggest you change your voting habits
Oil markets rise and fall on speculation. Polls were pointing towards 0bama’s election in 9/08. What’s your point? Still blaming Bush?
The world is afraid of, or taking advantage of 0bama’s non-existent foreign policy, especially regarding Iran.
0bama owns it now. Deal with it.
You doorknob.
American elites, shamed by years of accusations into policies that harm America.
I do not for one second blame the Iraqis. IT is the liberal dirtworshipers from the instant there was an organized effort by the A.N.S.W.E.R. radicals accused President Bush the reason for Iraq was oil...
And their elected representation from those idiots that went over to Iraq before the mission began have made darn sure the US would NEVER EVER be allowed one drop of that oil.
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Don’t try to pretend that GWB was a conservative. I don’t have enough space to tell you what a liberal GWB was.
Who said he was a conservative.
You are bordering on pathological with just the name of Bush.
Again your opinions would go right along with the DU crowd on their forum
And which is totally incompatible with Islam and tribalism which are their core beliefs.
Thats us being stupid again.And again.
Iraq has a gambler’s chance of making democracy work. Dictatorship or civil war are all too plausible though.
we are sooo arrogant
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