Persian Gulf

September 26, 2007 -- Warner Bros. Entertainment along with Abu Dhabi's leading and fully integrated real estate developer ALDAR and the newly established Abu Dhabi Media Company have formed an unprecedented, long-term, multi-faceted strategic alliance calling for the creation of a theme park and hotel, jointly owned multiplex cinemas, a co-finance agreement covering feature film production and the development and publication of videogames, and the build-out of the infrastructure for Abu Dhabi's digital transformation.    » read more »

8/14/2007 -- NORTH PERSIAN GULF (NNS) -- Coalition forces are training Iraqi marines to take over the mission of providing security to Iraqi territorial waters in the North Persian Gulf.    » read more »

8/8/2007 -- NORTH PERSIAN GULF (NNS) -- Naval Coastal Warfare Squadron (NCWRON) 5 Oil Platform (OPLAT) Detachment provided security for USS Chinook (PC 9) and USCGC Wrangell (WPB 1332) visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) teams while conducting Interaction Patrols (IPATS) Aug. 5 in the north Persian Gulf.

NCWRON 5 OPLAT Det.’s mission is to protect VBSS teams while they are maintaining security in the region’s shallow waters.    » read more »

As the world continues to increase its rate of oil consumption, an energy expert visited AAAS to warn that geopolitics of the Persian Gulf will increasingly play a large role in the availability of cheap oil for the United States.

Robert Ebel, chairman of the Center for Strategic and International Studies Energy Program, said while he is concerned about global demand outpacing supply, the United States should be more concerned about the geographical concentration of the nations with the largest oil reserves.    » read more »