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Adnan Oktar
                                       (Harun Yahya)


                                                     Good energy planning is

                                                 essential if economic regeneration
                                                 is to be started in Yemen. These
                                                 plans must consist of identifica-
                                                 tion of reserves, extraction,
                                                 exports and the use of export rev-
                                                 enues.
                                                     Yemen's revenues clearly

                                                 need to be used for the production
                                                 of facilities in the first stage. The
                                                 best way of investing revenues
                                                 from energy exports will be in the
                                                 building of new power stations
                                                 and bringing its electric grid up to
                                                 date. Yemen can benefit from
                                                 Turkey in that respect.
                                                     Turkey is looking for new

                                                 countries to obtain natural gas
                                                 from. It also possesses the capaci-
                                                 ty to build and operate energy
                                                 plants. It has a large skilled work-
                                                 force with energy sector experi-
                                                 ence; costs are also much lower
                                                 compared to Europe and Ameri-

                                                 ca. In return for giving oil and
                                                 natural gas to Turkey, Yemen can
                                                 request new power plants and
                                                 electric network construction. In
                                                 addition, the Yemeni government
                                                 can opt for the build-operate-
                                                 transfer model that has been suc-
                                                 cessfully applied in Turkey: This
                                                 model, summarized as service in



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