Lighting of the Christmas Tree in Damascus, Syria 2018
The West Dominates the Global Arms Market
source: statista
How Russian provocation backfired in the Caribbean
Putin's "stunt" of sending nuclear bombers to Venezuela was intended to show Moscow's umbrage at the threatened US cancellation of the INF Treaty. Russia’s President Vladimir Putin is a well-known provocateur. He plays his weak hand by carrying out outrageous stunts that are both dangerous and costly. They are dangerous because a fast-flying jet fighter buzzing a US ship or a NATO base could very well trigger a lethal reaction or lead to a fatal accident. One is reminded of the fate of Wang Wei, the Chinese fighter pilot who in 2001 flew his J-8 aircraft too close and collided with a US EP-3E ARIES II aircraft. Wang Wei’s plane was destroyed and he died in the now-famous Hainan Island incident. In the case of Russia, provocations are costly and rarely do much more than heighten tensions, sometimes undermining productive engagements between the powers. So why do the Russians continually do it? Are the Russians trying to compensate for military weakness by taking risks and carrying out reckless stunts? It isn’t so easy to get into Putin’s head, or for that matter to know the true thinking of the Russian General Staff. The fact that they keep up the antics tells us that they apparently see that these displays of power help to keep Russia up as a serious player, demanding respect from the West. But chance-taking can get out of hand, as happened in the Sea of Azov at the Kerch Strait. Here the Russians took a bigger step, ramming a Ukrainian tugboat and shooting up three Ukrainian vessels, wounding either three (claimed by Russia) or six (claimed by Ukraine) Ukrainian sailors and capturing three Ukrainian boats. The sailors were also interred in Crimea, which the Russians have already annexed at Ukraine’s expense. ...
source: asia times
Qatar To Invest Up To $20 Billion In U.S. LNG
State energy major Qatar Petroleum is looking to invest as much as US$20 billion in LNG projects in the United States over the next few years, Reuters reports, citing the company’s chief executive. The investment is separate, apparently, from Qatar’s plans to boost its local production capacity from the current 77 million tons of LNG annually to 110 million tones by the early 2020s. ...
source: the oilprice
note:
"Largest non-associated gas fields by Recoverable reserves:
1. South Pars - Iran and Qatar - 1,235 * 1012 cu ft - 35,000 km³
2. Urengoy - Russia - 222×1012 cu ft - 6,300 km³
3. Yamburg - Russia - 138×1012 cu ft - 3,900 km3
..."
List of natural gas fields
The West Dominates the Global Arms Market
source: statista
How Russian provocation backfired in the Caribbean
Putin's "stunt" of sending nuclear bombers to Venezuela was intended to show Moscow's umbrage at the threatened US cancellation of the INF Treaty. Russia’s President Vladimir Putin is a well-known provocateur. He plays his weak hand by carrying out outrageous stunts that are both dangerous and costly. They are dangerous because a fast-flying jet fighter buzzing a US ship or a NATO base could very well trigger a lethal reaction or lead to a fatal accident. One is reminded of the fate of Wang Wei, the Chinese fighter pilot who in 2001 flew his J-8 aircraft too close and collided with a US EP-3E ARIES II aircraft. Wang Wei’s plane was destroyed and he died in the now-famous Hainan Island incident. In the case of Russia, provocations are costly and rarely do much more than heighten tensions, sometimes undermining productive engagements between the powers. So why do the Russians continually do it? Are the Russians trying to compensate for military weakness by taking risks and carrying out reckless stunts? It isn’t so easy to get into Putin’s head, or for that matter to know the true thinking of the Russian General Staff. The fact that they keep up the antics tells us that they apparently see that these displays of power help to keep Russia up as a serious player, demanding respect from the West. But chance-taking can get out of hand, as happened in the Sea of Azov at the Kerch Strait. Here the Russians took a bigger step, ramming a Ukrainian tugboat and shooting up three Ukrainian vessels, wounding either three (claimed by Russia) or six (claimed by Ukraine) Ukrainian sailors and capturing three Ukrainian boats. The sailors were also interred in Crimea, which the Russians have already annexed at Ukraine’s expense. ...
source: asia times
Qatar To Invest Up To $20 Billion In U.S. LNG
State energy major Qatar Petroleum is looking to invest as much as US$20 billion in LNG projects in the United States over the next few years, Reuters reports, citing the company’s chief executive. The investment is separate, apparently, from Qatar’s plans to boost its local production capacity from the current 77 million tons of LNG annually to 110 million tones by the early 2020s. ...
source: the oilprice
note:
"Largest non-associated gas fields by Recoverable reserves:
1. South Pars - Iran and Qatar - 1,235 * 1012 cu ft - 35,000 km³
2. Urengoy - Russia - 222×1012 cu ft - 6,300 km³
3. Yamburg - Russia - 138×1012 cu ft - 3,900 km3
..."
List of natural gas fields
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