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hidetheelephants said:
jmorgan said:
Looks like the Chinese are getting on board for the oil deal. The Chinese have been setting up shop in a lot of places since the cold war ended. Wonder what other deals they do to come help get the oil?
Given the Chinese are relatively inexperienced in offshore expro I'd imagine they will concentrate on improving the existing developed oilfields expropriated from Repsol, to start with at least. It wouldn't surprise me if the Chinese ended up bringing in the likes of BP, Chevron etc. as partners to get the offshore bit going; no doubt the oil revenue and chinese money would keep Kirchner quiet. The amount of money, manpower and hardware needed to start producing oil from a virgin subsea oilfield is vast and more than one company can cope with, never mind hedge the risk for.hidetheelephants said:
Given the Chinese are relatively inexperienced in offshore expro I'd imagine they will concentrate on improving the existing developed oilfields expropriated from Repsol, to start with at least. It wouldn't surprise me if the Chinese ended up bringing in the likes of BP, Chevron etc. as partners to get the offshore bit going; no doubt the oil revenue and chinese money would keep Kirchner quiet. The amount of money, manpower and hardware needed to start producing oil from a virgin subsea oilfield is vast and more than one company can cope with, never mind hedge the risk for.
China has been buying up some of the expertise they'll need - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-bus...Argentina to use YPF to search for oil 'around Falklands':
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/en...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/en...
Puggit said:
Argentina to use YPF to search for oil 'around Falklands':
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/en...
And Venezuela! (4300 miles from Caracas to Stanley though )http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/en...
Hope our missile tests there are coming along nicely
muffinmenace said:
Puggit said:
Argentina to use YPF to search for oil 'around Falklands':
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/en...
And Venezuela! (4300 miles from Caracas to Stanley though )http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/en...
Hope our missile tests there are coming along nicely
Edited by hidetheelephants on Monday 6th August 20:40
Puggit said:
Argentina to use YPF to search for oil 'around Falklands':
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/en...
told ya months before, it ain't Argentina we have to worry about. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/en...
pacman1 said:
one DT poster said:
More piss and wind from the silly little Argies given undue prominence by the Telegraph. Let the feeble buggers yap. One bronze medal. Sums them up. Also-rans. We need to get ourselves a better class of enemy.
Kirschner aides admit Falklands hot air is a smokescreen. I realise we all knew that, but hey even they're admitting it now.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southame...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southame...
hornetrider said:
Kirschner aides admit Falklands hot air is a smokescreen. I realise we all knew that, but hey even they're admitting it now.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southame...
That's what they want us to think http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southame...
Christina could garner some useful political capital out of this. The holding of their ship will be hurting the argies national pride deeply. She would become a heroine if she authorised an operation to get it back. I would not be surprised if they were plannning to send a small party of sf to cut her mooring lines and sail her out. They have already asked for her to be refueled. It would be a great national pride boost and they wont be bothered about pissing off Ghana. I hope they go for it!
Invade and undertake a military operation in a Commonwealth country, a member of the United Nations, the African Union and perhaps more ironically a member of the South Atlantic Peace and Cooperation Zone.
It would end Kirschner's presidency (which is a good thing) but it would also ruin any relations they have and any trade with Africa. Ghana would probably call for a UN resolution to stop trade links with Argentina.
It would end Kirschner's presidency (which is a good thing) but it would also ruin any relations they have and any trade with Africa. Ghana would probably call for a UN resolution to stop trade links with Argentina.
Ayahuasca said:
Christina could garner some useful political capital out of this. The holding of their ship will be hurting the argies national pride deeply. She would become a heroine if she authorised an operation to get it back. I would not be surprised if they were plannning to send a small party of sf to cut her mooring lines and sail her out. They have already asked for her to be refueled. It would be a great national pride boost and they wont be bothered about pissing off Ghana. I hope they go for it!
Yep would be a good publicity stunt with little downside other than upsetting the Ghanans, that said they could quite easily hunt her down and recapture her, Ghana's Navy has a few well armed fast patrol boats.Gassing Station | News, Politics & Economics | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff