From: "Gary Wiltshire" 

On Tue, 07 Jun 2005 15:38:01 -0400, Adam Flinton
 wrote:

> Gary Wiltshire wrote:
>> On Mon, 06 Jun 2005 17:34:34 -0400, Adam Flinton
>>   wrote:
>>
>>> Gary Wiltshire wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sun, 05 Jun 2005 18:45:34 -0400, Adam Flinton
>>>>   wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4611209.stm
>>>>>
>>>>> "India and Pakistan have begun talks on a
proposed natural gas
>>>>> pipeline  from Iran to India.
>>>>>
>>>>> The multi-billion dollar project, which would provide India with
>>>>> much-needed natural gas, would have to pass through Pakistani
>>>>> territory.  "
>>>>>
>>>>> "Correspondents say India has embarked on
"pipeline diplomacy" to
>>>>> meet  its rising energy needs.
>>>>>
>>>>> Three pipelines are under consideration - from Iran through
>>>>> Pakistan,   from Turkmenistan through Pakistan and
Afghanistan, and
>>>>> from Burma   through Bangladesh.
>>>>>
>>>>> Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan stand to reap millions of
>>>>> dollars  in transit fees. "
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Adam
>>>>
>>>>   And again, if they don't buy that oil they'll have to buy it
>>>> elsewhere.   It's still one pool, Adam.
>>>>
>>>
>>> No they'll have to buy different oil from somewhere else. If it can't
>>> get to the market then it's not on the market.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Adam
>>   It doesn't freaking MATTER if it's "different" oil. 
If they don't
>> buy  Iran's oil someone else will -- China for example.  Iran is not
>> landlocked.
>>
>
> My God but you're dense. How do you sail a supertanker to central asia
> (e.g. Turkmenistan)?
>
> If it can't get to the sea then it's not on the market. It's not part of
> any "global pool".
>
> So if it's not on the market & not in the "one pool"
then is it in any
> "pool" or are there more than one pools?
>
> Adam

Dense?  You're neutronium!  We were talking first about pipelines, not
tankers.  And you've managed to obfuscate and pull this away from the
original topic reflected in the title of this thread.  We were talking
about oil WHICH IS ON THE MARKET.  If the Indians and Pakistanis buy said
oil WE WERE ORIGINALLY TALKING ABOUT, then they are not buying it from some
other source.

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Gary Wiltshire

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