A joint book entitled (The Energy Conflict on the Banks of the Mediterranean - Geopolitical Approaches to the Impact of Gas on the Security of Europe) was recently published by the lecturer, Dr. Anwar Hamid Hamad Al-Dulaimi, with Professor Dr. Ikhlas Qasim Nafel, by Hattrick Printing for Publishing and Distribution.The book dealt with the form of competition between the countries of the region and the energy-consuming countries, which formed a clear characteristic that was reflected through the alliances, companies and organizations through which each country seeks to guarantee its interests, including the major specialized energy companies that have begun to exert pressure through their countries to influence the course of exploration, prospecting and production. Perhaps (the Zionist entity) is considered one of the first to race to pay attention to natural gas, and a groupThere are marine gas fields with huge production and reserves in the Mediterranean, such as (Leviathan, Tamar, Delit, and Karesh), and there is the (Aphrodite) field off Cyprus, and in Egypt, the (Zahr) field is the largest gas field, followed in importance by the (Nurs and Nour) fields. These discoveries raised the level of international competition in the Middle East region, adding an additional dimension to the geopolitical dimension, and recorded a clear presence of many major and regional powers, with the aim of acquiring and securing safe sources of natural gas
