No more blood for oil! #DontBombSyria
By Nafeez Ahmed
/ medium.com
US, British, French, Israeli and other energy
interests could be prime beneficiaries of military operations in Iraq
and Syria designed to rollback the power of the ‘Islamic State’ (ISIS)
and, potentially, the Bashar al-Assad regime.
interests could be prime beneficiaries of military operations in Iraq
and Syria designed to rollback the power of the ‘Islamic State’ (ISIS)
and, potentially, the Bashar al-Assad regime.
A study for a global oil services company
backed by the French government and linked to Britain’s Tory-led
administration, published during the height of the Arab Spring, hailed
the significant “hydrocarbon potential” of Syria’s offshore resources.
backed by the French government and linked to Britain’s Tory-led
administration, published during the height of the Arab Spring, hailed
the significant “hydrocarbon potential” of Syria’s offshore resources.
The 2011 study was printed in GeoArabia,
a petroleum industry journal published by a Bahrain-based consultancy,
GulfPetroLink, which is sponsored by some of the world’s biggest oil
companies, including Chevron, ExxonMobil, Saudi Aramco, Shell, Total,
and BP.
a petroleum industry journal published by a Bahrain-based consultancy,
GulfPetroLink, which is sponsored by some of the world’s biggest oil
companies, including Chevron, ExxonMobil, Saudi Aramco, Shell, Total,
and BP.
GeoArabia’s content has no open
subscription system and is exclusively distributed to transnational
energy corporations, corporate sponsors and related organisations, as
well as some universities.
subscription system and is exclusively distributed to transnational
energy corporations, corporate sponsors and related organisations, as
well as some universities.
Authored by Steven A. Bowman, a Senior
Geoscientist for the French energy company CGGVeritas, the study
identified “three sedimentary basins, Levantine, Cyprus, and Latakia,
located in offshore Syria” and highlighted “significant evidence for a
working petroleum system in offshore Syria with numerous onshore oil and
gas shows, DHIs (direct hydrocarbon indicators) observed on seismic,
and oil seeps identified from satellite imagery.”
Geoscientist for the French energy company CGGVeritas, the study
identified “three sedimentary basins, Levantine, Cyprus, and Latakia,
located in offshore Syria” and highlighted “significant evidence for a
working petroleum system in offshore Syria with numerous onshore oil and
gas shows, DHIs (direct hydrocarbon indicators) observed on seismic,
and oil seeps identified from satellite imagery.”
