Israel and Energy

Last night I watched Paradise Now and then Munich for the first time. Besides disgusting me even more about (ALL) secret police services, it made me wonder about Israel's energy supplies. Disparity of wealth can be directly tied to control, or lack of control of energy supplies,

Pentagon plans to sell jet-fuel
Published: Saturday, 15 July, 2006, 01:25 PM Doha Time
WASHINGTON: The Pentagon yesterday notified Congress of plans to sell Israel jet fuel valued at up to $210mn "to keep peace and security in the region."

NYMEX Crude Oil (Light) prices for futures.

Israel presses for oil from shale
Proposed energy plant could help vastly reduce oil imports
By Neal Sandler Businessweek online
Updated: 9:34 a.m. PT July 6, 2006
Some challenges
...A Haifa-based engineering firm called A.F.S.K. Hom Tov, which owns the patented process, is now gearing up to exploit the opportunity. “The technology could reduce dependence on imports and substantially reduce Israel's overall energy bill,” says Israel Feldman, the company's co-founder and managing director. A.F.S.K. Hom Tov has proposed building a plant that could produce up to 3 million tons of oil annually, or roughly 30 percent of Israel's current oil imports...

Where Does Israel Get Oil?
If you're selling, they're buying.
By Daniel Engber
Posted Friday, July 14, 2006, at 6:19 PM ET
...Meanwhile, Israel continues to seek nearby suppliers. In the lead-up to the war in Iraq, there was some talk of restarting an abandoned pipeline that runs from Mosul, Iraq, to Haifa. In order for this to happen, Israel would need to somehow wrangle the support of the Syrians, since they control part of the route...

Eight dead in Haifa rocket attack
Press Association
Sunday July 16, 2006 9:58 PM

BLM Announces Results of Review of Oil Shale Research Nominations
Bureau of Land Management For Immediate Release: Tuesday, January 17, 2006

Chevron USA to Acquire 122 USA Petroleum Gas Stations in California for Undisclosed Sum
AP
Chevron to Buy 122 Stations
Friday July 14, 5:44 pm ET

Chevron Bankrolling Opposition to California Clean Energy Initiative
ThinkProgress
June 21, 2006

Oil Shale Reserves

Containing the Military Industrial Complex
Remarks at DemocracyFest July 15, 2006
Op Ed by David Swanson