Fijian soldiers may become guards of strategic assets in the United Arab Emirates under a memorandum of understanding the two countries are to sign after current negotiations conclude, Fijian media report . The most likely assets to be guarded by Fijian troops will, of course, be the Emirates’ oil fields. Most of the oil in the Gulf state are concentrated in Abu Dhabi, with reserves at 92.2 billion barrels out of the Emirates’ total 97.8 billion barrels . Last year, the UAE’s Supreme Petroleum Council announced new discoveries had added 7 billion barrels to the country’s total, making it the six-largest holder of oil reserves in the world with 105 billion barrels. This year, the Emirates also discovered a major gas reservoir shared by Abu Dhabi and Dubai. With reserves estimated at 80 trillion cu ft of natural gas, the Jebel Ali field could become the largest gas discovery […]