Because this isn't about shipping oil by sea, it's about piping natural gas to Europe overland. Its a long term gambit to cut Putin's (Gazprom) output to and control over NG sales in Europe. It isn't so much about getting $800M in oil (though I'm sure they got it from ISIS at below market rates), it's about funding ISIS against Putin's proxy (Assad).
Nigeria is a big petroleum producer, and, IIRC, they actually produce the light sweet crude that our refineries are set up to process...We don't intercede in Sudan or Nigeria, despite the atrocities there being as bad or worse than Syria. Why? Because they have no impact on global energy movement.
Nigeria is a big petroleum producer, and, IIRC, they actually produce the light sweet crude that our refineries are set up to process...
You're probably right; I just remember reading that Nigerian oil was more important to us than Middle Eastern oil because it was of the type that we were set up to refine. Of course, that was about ten years ago (around the time of Katrina), so I could easily be mistaken on all of it...I don't know about Nigeria, but you are backwards on the refinery capability in the U.S. We are primarily setup for heavy sour crude. We are geting better though.
Nigeria is a big petroleum producer, and, IIRC, they actually produce the light sweet crude that our refineries are set up to process...
Maybe after 2016. 'Til then, I'm sure the best we'd get is a #Don'tBombOurOil campaign...Does Boko Haram target Nigeria's petroleum production or transport? No, they target a remote section of the country in the Northeast. The day they target the petroleum production is the day the U.S. will get interested in stopping them.
maybe after 2016. 'til then, i'm sure the best we'd get is a #don'tbombouroil campaign...
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