Cap wrote:Love how they start crying over resources that don't belong to them.
Actually Stud, you're wrong. The Anatolian settlers claimed a solution in 1984 in the formation of some army base they call a 'republic' in the North which ONLY they RECOGNIZE as legitimate.
So if the Anatolian base is a sovereign entity why the HELL are they slobbering and foaming at the mouth over resources from another country they have zero right over.
Lawd the hypocrisy is blinding!
Exactly.
Interesting article below:
http://www.energytribune.com/articles.c ... and-Beyond
Further west, Noble already holds the only lease in Cyprus waters, which could prove success in the outer reaches of the Levantine Basin. Israel and Cyprus are cooperating to define the borders of the continental shelf under the rules of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. A country has certain rights, which includes the right to explore and exploit natural resources, within a distance of 200 nautical miles. The closest distance between Israel and Cyprus is 140 nautical miles and, according to international law, the boundary is set at the midway between the two countries.
Natural gas may bring Israel and Cyprus (and by extension Greece) into a natural alliance, not just for the economic benefit. In a classic example of the “enemy of my enemy is my friend” the recent breech between Israel and Turkey brings the Greeks closer to Israel. A natural gas pipeline from the Israeli finds to Cyprus would be an obvious gesture of the rapprochement. Such a pipeline, which could benefit Cyprus, now in the process of making a decision to import natural gas as a highly expensive LNG, can become the vehicle for LNG liquefaction and then exports of LNG to a natural gas starving Europe
