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Originally posted by nightbringr
Originally posted by THE_PROFESSIONAL
reply to post by Xeven
No he does not, he lets them live in arrogance. Remember the meek shall inherit the earth.
And of course by meek you mean woman abusing, gay killing, election rigging, jew hating, terrorist funding Iran?
Yeah, real meek.
edit on 3-3-2012 by nightbringr because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by beam1
Take the damn lead and show america how its done, till then stfu sit down and stay in your place...
According to Oil & Gas Journal, as of January 2011, Iran has an estimated 137 billion barrels of proven oil reserves, 9.3 percent of the world's total reserves and over 12 percent of OPEC reserves.
In July 2011, OPEC released its 2010 Annual Statistical Bulletin which raised Iran's proven reserves to more than 151 billion barrels of crude. Some analysts are skeptical of this estimate, however, as Iran revised its reserves a week after Iraq had revised its own, leading some to speculate the move was political.
Over 50 percent of reserves are confined to six supergiant fields. Of those onshore reserves, 85 percent are located in the southwestern Khuzestan Basin near the Iraqi border. Iran's crude oil is generally medium in sulfur content and in the 28°-35° API range. Iran faces continued depletion of its production capacity, as its fields have relatively high natural decline rates (8-13 percent), coupled with an already low recovery rate of around 20-30 percent. Sanctions and prohibitive contractual terms have impeded the necessary investment to halt this decline.
Iran's reserves are not confined to the southwest and offshore Persian Gulf, creating potential for further discoveries. Iranian has oil reserves under the Caspian Sea, but exploration and development of these reserves have been at a standstill due to territorial disputes with neighboring Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan. Iran also shares a number of both onshore and offshore fields with neighboring countries, including Iraq, Qatar, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia.
There were a number of new discoveries in Iran over the past couple of years. In May 2011, NIOC announced a discovery of a deposit of light oil (35° API gravity) in the Khayyam field, offshore in the Hormuzgan province. The field had been discovered in 2010 but was originally classified as a gas field. According to the NIOC, the volume of in-place oil at this field is 758 million barrels, of which around 170 million barrels are recoverable. Also in May 2011, Iran announced the discovery of new onshore oil fields in its south and west with an estimated half a billion barrels of reserves. In late 2010, Iran claimed the discovery of new crude finds near gas reservoirs in the Persian Gulf, holding total in-place reserves of more than 40 billion barrels of oil, however recoverable reserves could be less than 10 billion barrels. Upstream Projects
Over the past year, a number of new exploration projects have been undertaken and completed. The completed exploration projects include the Anaran Block, which consists of two large oil fields, Changooleh and Azar (expected to produce 67,000 bbl/d and 68,000 bbl/d, respectively). In addition, exploration projects in the Koohdasht, Garmsar, and Tousan Blocks have been completed, with disappointing results. Some of the exploration projects resulted in no successful gas and/or oil discoveries. Overall, according to FACTS Global Energy (FGE) , Iran's discoveries of crude oil and condensates totaled 10.7 billion barrels in 2010.
Originally posted by nightbringr
Originally posted by THE_PROFESSIONAL
Devilish western powers sanction Iran, God delivers on an oil field. You cannot fight god
Is this statement a hint of your true intentions?
Is your god the same as their god? You believe the western powers to be "devilish"? Have we finally outted you as a Iranian puppet?
I remember your old post where you actually wished for European citizens to freeze over this winter as you cheered on an Iranian report that they would no longer sell needed oil to Europe. You actually wished for innocent citizens to suffer, not just the governments who make such decisions.edit on 3-3-2012 by nightbringr because: (no reason given)
And your extensive knowledge comes from where? Have you spent time there? Or are you just regurgitating what we hear in the MSM? Lets be honest, unless any of us have actually spent time in Iran, we only know what our governments/media tells us, and their track records have hardly been honest in the past.
Originally posted by THE_PROFESSIONAL
reply to post by Xeven
But then when that happens, the corrupt and powerful and arrogant come into power. America is not the meek anymore, it is the most powerful.
Look at your congress members, most of them are millionaires, look at the military (the most powerful), look at our attitude ( the most arrogant)....we the USA are living like how the Pharoah did and oppressing the Afghani and middle eastern populations.
Well well well, what do we have here. Those sanctions seem to be working lol. This is great news for Iran, lets see how many new bad things the western media will start to report because of this great find.
This makes it certain that invasion is sure to come now, or will we see more mellow plots because of this obvious discovery.
Devilish western powers sanction Iran, God delivers on an oil field. You cannot fight god
www.presstv.ir
(visit the link for the full news article)
edit on 113131p://3America/ChicagoSat, 03 Mar 2012 11:14:13 -0600 by THE_PROFESSIONAL because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by CR4V3N
Originally posted by beam1
Take the damn lead and show america how its done, till then stfu sit down and stay in your place...
Be careful what you wish for. Your economic model is as doomed as Europe. You look to someone to show you how its done, how about China? A country who's citizens, military, economy, influence and overall power is rapidly on the rise and to think that your AMAZING America is going to halt this is just naive. China has developed itself in such away that it is the new Super Power and is not going to be as easy to crumble as we and our Corrupt financial regimes are.
NOTE: You call for whole country's to 'stay in their place'. What place in American society do you hold? Any top position? Any notable achievements/credentials? What income do you have and where does this put you in the economic class model? If nothing (if you do claim you have you must be willing to prove this) then how hypocritical to tell someone to stay in their place when your place is at or somewhere near the bottom of the food chain in the freest country on earth, where anyone can be what they want to be?