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cynic post 1287, no need for bitchyness because as you are well aware i'm a full blooded heterosexual male!!..:D)

As for blackdown, what a stupid desparate looking statement..

GB - ahem! pot? kettle? .... did i allude you to being a liar? ..... if the cap fits etc! .... and for all we know you could be an ageing ladyboy; after all, you might be lying when denying

In reply to blackdown's limp attempt at negativity.

Crude oil prices denominated in euros surged above the levels of 2008.
The surge in oil prices comes as demand suprises,holding up remarkably well in spite of weak global economic growth and a plethora of supply disruptions, in particularly in the North sea and Iran indicating some tightening, as Iran oil production has fallen below 3mil bblpd.
From the FT Sat 18 Aug.

granny

Only referring to published research. FOGL, if it finds anything, won't become a producer for several years. Iraq could be a major producer by then.

Well thats upto date research from International Energy Agency that i post from the FT, and the fact that FOGL won't be producing for several years is neither here nor there, who knows the state of the world in two/three years time, in fact if the Iran situation escalates then what will the price of oil be then?..

I see Israel are issuing gas masks to their population in readiness for a strike on Iran soon. Looks like a matter of 'when' not 'if'.

pump prices to go to £140+p per ltr by end of month.,.

Israel attack should be Q1 2013 imo. Will devastate Kurdistan and other middle east located oil and gas companies imo.

Good news for oil price going up and for oil and gas companies not located in the middle east.

have you been on the magic mushrooms again or has the sun fried your brain?

as so often, you start with a (just) tenable premise and then jump to the most preposterous of conclusions

Israel have gone on record several times stating that their window of opportunity will close before the end of this year, with the latest time line given OCT of before end of NOV.
Of course they could stretch this out to 2013, but my bet is they will attack within the next couple of months.
When they do, the USA will have no option but to back them in any military strike.

Although I, like most reasonable, sensible people do not want war, as I feel there is no alternative, the sooner the better for the worlds sake.

Don't kid yourself. If Israel attackes Iran, then the whole of the Middle East will go up, with profound consequences for the rest of the world.

i would expect any attack to be much more subtle than missiles and bomber squadrons ..... the israelis have already shown themselves very adept at cyber warfare and similar ..... an sas/mossad operation against one of the major installations would certainly not be out of the question nor so obviously overt as to trigger general carnage in the region

at least as potentially scary is the aftermath of the inevitable demise of the assad regime in syria .... that is likely to be a real pandora's box

You right about Syria Cynic , i not a war monger but some thing has to be done about Iran , they ben stringing the West along for years about it's peace full etc! Funny how they wont alow the Atomic Inspectors in to alay our fears, bomb the Fucker's back to the Stone age, not the people just the Mullah's and Goverment!!!

Do the powers that be ever learn.
Remember how they allowed Hitler's Germany to build up their military power whilst they listened to all the peace makers.
Peace in our time and all that.

Some countries rulers only understand forceful actions as anything less indicates weakness that they exploit!

Greekman , your so right about weakness from past History unfortuately , and Iran is exploiting the West's weakness big time , afraid to say with Obarma and EU Liberal's in Power no change with Syria/Iran. The French are pushing for force over Assad , and we helping with Itelligence from our base in Cyprus to the FSA !

Some intresting people in FI at moment one company is Knights Consulting Ltd.

perhaps Knights Templar would be more use to scare the Argies!

No just the threat of the presence of submarines/ new Destroyers should keep the argies to giving out jaw jaw and not war war..

mcgrath you can't blame the EU for lack of action on Iran/Syria. You need to look at the Chinese and Russians for that.
UK are looking pathetic over Assange and Ecuador as a result we have managed to ensure the whole of South America is united against us and nobody will take us seriously on pretty much anything from now on, and you can't blame them. Whether destroyers in the Falkands will make any difference is a moot point. Let's get some oil first and see how powerful we are.

Coe 1 , i know i didn't mention the Chinese/Russians backing Assad , you are of course spot on. Trouble is Syria is to Russia what Israel is to the US. Yes i agree on your Sth American angle against us! I know we gone on to Geo Politics lately on here , not a bad thing whilst we are waiting this drill bit to hopefully discover lots Oil on these two drilling programs.