Published in Sunday Times on 23 Oct 2011
111023st - Gaddafi's death marks the beginning of a new era for oil exploitation
Description & Background
For the West, Gaddafi's death means new oil contracts and exploitation. Markets greated the news with a slight dip in oil prices, and they hope that oil will resume flowing out of Libyan wells soon, and reliably so.
People in the cartoon
Muammar Gaddafi •David Cameron •Nicolas Sarkozy •Barack Obama
Tags
Libyan crisis •Nato spport • Oil contracts • USA • United Kingdom • France
Text in the cartoon
Oli contracts
Links
- Tutu condemns Gaddafi killing
- UN urges probe into Gaddafi death
- Boundaries are crossed as grim images of Gaddafi flood the media Publishing graphic pictures of the dead and dying has become less taboo over the years; but the tone of vengeance Fleet Street adopted for this death was new
- The Post-Gadhafi Journalism You Will Read In The Next 72 Hours
- Libyans rule out Gaddafi post-mortem
- Gaddafi's death will bring stability to the region and allow oil to start flowing out of Libya sooner. Gaddafi's Legacy of Libyan Oil Deals
- What Gadaffi's Death Means For Business and the NTC
- Libyans hail David Cameron and Nicolas Sarkozy
- Gaddafi 'killed by bullets' says 'unfinished' autopsy
- TIME Photogallery: The Final Moments of Gaddafi
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