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2003-12-01 Syria-Lebanon

US Firm Signs Offshore Oil Exploration Deal with Syria

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Posted by Alaska Paul 2003-12-01 2:07:50 PM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Anyone in Foggy Bottom have any interest in this?

Posted by Barry 2003-12-1 2:23:44 PM|| 2003-12-1 2:23:44 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 I can think of another Maritime company that would like to hafve tht survey -- the U.S. Navy Seals. Good reading for them as they ~~plot~~ map the Syrian coast.

Posted by Steve White 2003-12-1 2:29:16 PM|| 2003-12-1 2:29:16 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 The state-owned Syrian Oil Company signed a US$4 million contract Saturday for a U.S. oil company to survey its territorial waters. The contract with Veritas DGC Inc., a company based in Houston, Texas, was signed at the Oil Ministry in Damascus by the company's vice president, Ian T. Edwards, and Oil Minister Ibrahim Haddad.The contract stipulates that Veritas must conduct the survey along 4,700 kilometers (2,937miles) of Syrian coast within one year. The survey will look for seismic, geological and geophysical data.

Houston oil firm, huh? What's the over/under on how long before Bush is accused of wanting to steal the Syrian oil for his Texas friends? Not that it's not a bad idea.

Posted by Steve 2003-12-1 2:58:57 PM|| 2003-12-1 2:58:57 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 4,700 kilometers (2,937 miles) of Syrian coast?

This is a somewhat optimistic estimate of the length of Syria's coast -- just by eyeball on a crude map, it's only 70 km (including Lebanon adds another 150 km)...

Posted by snellenr 2003-12-1 5:37:28 PM|| 2003-12-1 5:37:28 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 snellenr---probably the figure includes many multiple passes by the geophysical ship.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2003-12-1 5:59:54 PM|| 2003-12-1 5:59:54 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Got the dough?
Yep.
Gimmee.
Ok.
Where's the oil?
In Louisiana.

Posted by Shipman 2003-12-1 8:00:16 PM|| 2003-12-1 8:00:16 PM|| Front Page Top

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