Thursday, April 10, 2003
WHY IS MY OIL UNDER THEIR SAND!!!! FREEDOM FOR IRAQI OIL!! LET MY PIPELINES GO AND FLOW!
"For decades, Iraqi oil wells have suffered untold misery under Saddam Hussein's tyrannical rule. "With this victory, these long-oppressed wells will soon pump their first barrels of crude as free and equal wells in the global petroleum marketplace. They will join the ranks of the world's liberated oil wells, enjoying the same rights as their democratic brethren around the globe."
We want all 1.25 million barrels per day production of Rumailah freed up oil now!
We want all 800 thousand barrels of oil per day production of Kirkuk oil freed up now!
Donald Rumsfeld told reporters that "only about 10 wells that we know of, out of possibly 1,000 in that area," had been damaged.
Iraq has the world's second-biggest proven crude reserves and typically pumps about 2.5 million barrels a day, or 3 percent of global supplies. More than half its output comes from Rumeila and other fields near Basra.
With only seven wells out of a total 1,685 known lost to sabotage, This is NOT acceptable. I don't care. I disagree with Peter Gignoux, head of the oil desk at Salomon Smith Barney in London, who said "You lose 50 oil wells? Big deal! Every oil well needs to be revived and set free NOW!
These oppressed Iraqi oil wells deserve the right to pump oil as freely as any other oil well on God's Earth—be it in Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, or an Alaskan wildlife refuge. this operation is NOT being motivated by greed, profit, or the second-largest oil reserves in the Middle East. This war is motivated by one thing: democracy. Our military action is meant to provide all of Iraq's oil wells—be they big or small, staggeringly lucrative or merely very lucrative—with their God-given right to pump under a democratic system of self-governance.
In the weeks leading up to the war, the U.S. sought to make its intentions clear by air-dropping hundreds of thousands of pamphlets over Iraq assuring its people that the U.S. was not launching a war against them, but against Saddam Hussein. The pamphlets also gave Iraqi soldiers instructions on how to surrender properly, as well as a promise that they would be treated well if they did so. Most importantly, though, they included a stern admonition to all Iraqis not to burn any oil wells, warning that they would be hunted down and prosecuted as war criminals if they did. They also considered dropping signs near all the wells with the following message "Don't even smoke near those wells. or we are gonna kill you! "
U.S. officials hope that the pamphlets' message, especially the part about the oil wells, gets through.
Aiding the wells in their transition to democracy will be Texaco, Mobil, and other U.S. businesses, each of which bring years of expertise in dealing with the problems and challenges that oil wells face in a free society. These private companies will be well-equipped to help manage the oil wells as they make the difficult adjustment to producing oil in freedom. Long live Texas Tea! , I mean Iraqi Tea!
"For decades, Iraqi oil wells have suffered untold misery under Saddam Hussein's tyrannical rule. "With this victory, these long-oppressed wells will soon pump their first barrels of crude as free and equal wells in the global petroleum marketplace. They will join the ranks of the world's liberated oil wells, enjoying the same rights as their democratic brethren around the globe."
We want all 1.25 million barrels per day production of Rumailah freed up oil now!
We want all 800 thousand barrels of oil per day production of Kirkuk oil freed up now!
Donald Rumsfeld told reporters that "only about 10 wells that we know of, out of possibly 1,000 in that area," had been damaged.
Iraq has the world's second-biggest proven crude reserves and typically pumps about 2.5 million barrels a day, or 3 percent of global supplies. More than half its output comes from Rumeila and other fields near Basra.
With only seven wells out of a total 1,685 known lost to sabotage, This is NOT acceptable. I don't care. I disagree with Peter Gignoux, head of the oil desk at Salomon Smith Barney in London, who said "You lose 50 oil wells? Big deal! Every oil well needs to be revived and set free NOW!
These oppressed Iraqi oil wells deserve the right to pump oil as freely as any other oil well on God's Earth—be it in Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, or an Alaskan wildlife refuge. this operation is NOT being motivated by greed, profit, or the second-largest oil reserves in the Middle East. This war is motivated by one thing: democracy. Our military action is meant to provide all of Iraq's oil wells—be they big or small, staggeringly lucrative or merely very lucrative—with their God-given right to pump under a democratic system of self-governance.
In the weeks leading up to the war, the U.S. sought to make its intentions clear by air-dropping hundreds of thousands of pamphlets over Iraq assuring its people that the U.S. was not launching a war against them, but against Saddam Hussein. The pamphlets also gave Iraqi soldiers instructions on how to surrender properly, as well as a promise that they would be treated well if they did so. Most importantly, though, they included a stern admonition to all Iraqis not to burn any oil wells, warning that they would be hunted down and prosecuted as war criminals if they did. They also considered dropping signs near all the wells with the following message "Don't even smoke near those wells. or we are gonna kill you! "
U.S. officials hope that the pamphlets' message, especially the part about the oil wells, gets through.
Aiding the wells in their transition to democracy will be Texaco, Mobil, and other U.S. businesses, each of which bring years of expertise in dealing with the problems and challenges that oil wells face in a free society. These private companies will be well-equipped to help manage the oil wells as they make the difficult adjustment to producing oil in freedom. Long live Texas Tea! , I mean Iraqi Tea!
# posted by Thomas @ 10:59 PM 
