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[Jerry]

Now that the economy of Cyprus is a mess Turkey thinks its a good time to offer "the hand of friendship" and settle the Cyprus Problem once and for all, presumably on Turkey's terms. Oh, and they want to help us by piping our gas away too, how kind.

"born yesterday" comes to mind

http://www.todayszaman.com/news-314503- ... oblem.html

[Viewpoint]

The deal has already been struck the big boys get they want, unfortunately for you GCs you are not a big boy.

[Get Real!]

The deal has already been struck the big boys get they want, unfortunately for you GCs you are not a big boy.

The GCs have literally restructured the geopolitical map of the region and you’re still asleep.

[Kikapu]

Now that the economy of Cyprus is a mess Turkey thinks its a good time to offer "the hand of friendship" and settle the Cyprus Problem once and for all, presumably on Turkey's terms. Oh, and they want to help us by piping our gas away too, how kind.

"born yesterday" comes to mind

http://www.todayszaman.com/news-314503- ... oblem.html

This whole article is so laughable, specially the so called "Professor" Mehmet Hasgüler.

There is potentially over Trillion Dollars worth of Gas & Oil around the EEZ of Cyprus to be explored. Oil companies stands to make billions along with Cyprus. $10 Billion USD investment in comparison in pipping gas direct to Europe or condensing it into LNG just to cut Turkey out is a small price to pay by all involved, considering the fact, that Turkey will milk Cyprus far more in the long run than the initial investment of $10 Billion USD, not unless Turkey wants to make peace with Cyprus for once and all by letting Cypriots run their own country. Besides, Russia had stated recently that they can provide Israel a floating LNG plant for about $3 Billion USD close to their Gas fields and then send the LNG from there to it's destinations by ships.

Russia afraid of Turkey. Really?

Russia says oil pipeline via Turkey not financially viable. The planned Samsun-Ceyhan pipeline, to pump Russian oil from Turkey's Black Sea coast to the Mediterranean, is “economically not viable” Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak Today's Zaman over the weekend in the strongest acknowledgement yet from Moscow that the project will be delayed indefinitely.

Oil companies afraid of Turkey for them doing business with Cyprus. Really?

“We (Ankara) asked them (ENI) to make a decision and they preferred to go ahead with their Cyprus plans,” he said.

http://www.todayszaman.com/news-313283- ... iable.html

[Kikapu]

Gazprom Plans to Use Massive Floating LNG Facility Offshore Israel
BY REUTERS ON MARCH 1, 2013

Each floating LNG vessel costs $3 to $4 billion to construct, Eisbrenner told Reuters, adding that Tamar’s FLNG vessel would be the third to become operational.

http://gcaptain.com/gazprom-plans-massive-floating/

RUSSIA-ISRAEL: New Oil & Gas Geopolitics in the Mediterranean

By Editorial Dept | Sun, 03 March 2013

Bottom Line: Russia’s announcement this week that a Gazprom subsidiary had signed a deal for Israel’s offshore Tamar gas field will exponentially strengthen Gazprom’s prowess in the massive Asian LNG market. (Israel has yet to approve the deal, but it will—it’s needs the money for infrastructure and it needs the deal for a new geopolitical landscape).

Analysis: What Russia has right now is a single LNG plant in its Far East (Sakhalin-2), supplying LNG to South Korea and India (though it plans to build another plant in Vladivostok). With the Israel deal, it will gain direct export access to Japan, South Korea, China and India.

The deal Russia signed on Tuesday will see Gazprom provide financial support for the development of the Tamar Floating LNG Project, which should begin construction in 2017. The deal also gives Gazprom exclusive rights to purchase and export Tamar LNG. The Tamar gas field is the second major gas field in Israel (after Leviathan), both off the coast of the port city of Haifa. Tamar has an estimated 270 billion cubic meters of gas. The floating LNG project would liquefy gas from Tamar at a floating liquefaction vessel with a capacity of 3 million tons/year.

http://oilprice.com/Geopolitics/Europe/ ... anean.html

[Lordo]

it does not matter which large company is around buying other peoples resources has always been a criminal offence. lets face it if roc tries to claim more resources than terkey in the med she will get a wack that she will remember for the rest of time. 74 will seem like a tea party with scones. and whatch those swines switch sides as soon as it suits them.

[Kikapu]

it does not matter which large company is around buying other peoples resources has always been a criminal offence. lets face it if roc tries to claim more resources than terkey in the med she will get a wack that she will remember for the rest of time. 74 will seem like a tea party with scones. and whatch those swines switch sides as soon as it suits them.

How does Turkey intend on muscling on Oil companies from different nations already/will be given the rights to drill in Cyprus's EEZ? Some of these companies also have powerful "motherlands", No?

Lets see a test case by Turkey pushing around American company Noble Energy drilling for Israel for instance and lets see what happens.

[Viewpoint]

Never under estimate Turkey, you did this in 1974.

[bill cobbett]

Never under estimate Turkey, you did this in 1974.

Never over-estimate Turkey... you did this in 2012... with the Clapped-Out Sardine Trawler Piri Reis.

[Lordo]

it does not matter which large company is around buying other peoples resources has always been a criminal offence. lets face it if roc tries to claim more resources than terkey in the med she will get a wack that she will remember for the rest of time. 74 will seem like a tea party with scones. and whatch those swines switch sides as soon as it suits them.

How does Turkey intend on muscling on Oil companies from different nations already/will be given the rights to drill in Cyprus's EEZ? Some of these companies also have powerful "motherlands", No?

Lets see a test case by Turkey pushing around American company Noble Energy drilling for Israel for instance and lets see what happens.

my dearest friend, terkey does not dispute israels reserves, she is concerned with her reserves and the tc reserves. my understanding is when oil companies personnel see the terkish ships from a distance they will pull off. when it comes to cyprus ezz greek cypriots have no right to extract the tc reserves. if they do then they fill face the consequences not that dis-similar to 74. and a wacking they will get. there is no cyprus ezz as terkey has not signed the law of the sea. as far as law of the sea is concerned and the un and their decision are concerned they can get stuffed. they have lost their mandate decades ago. the sooner it is dissolved and a more democratic entity is created the better for the world.