Gee, I wonder why it is that there's a feeling of complicity between other nations that might give cause to minor or major interuptions of oil flow to the US?
Perhaps Castro et al have finally seized upon the one weapon that can bring the US Goliath at least down to its knees expeditiously. Probably has much to do with American administrations not ever having learned how to play well with others. Todd Swearingen >http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGB1WGH9QCE.html > >Venezuela Oil Shipments to China Up Markedly, State Oil Firm Says >The Associated Press >Published: Aug 23, 2005 > >CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuelan oil shipments to China increased >fivefold this year, surpassing 68,000 barrels a day on average, the >state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. said Tuesday. > >The figure was released as officials announced Monday that the >Venezuelan firm known as PDVSA had opened an office in China, the >company's first in Asia. > >Last year, an average of 12,300 barrels of oil a day were shipped to >China, meaning that exports surged more than fivefold on average in >2005, PDVSA said in a statement. > >Officials say Venezuela, the world's fifth largest oil exporter, >plans to ship as much as 300,000 barrels of crude a day to China and >other Asian countries in the coming years. > >This level of sales would require PDVSA to send out at least four >large oil tankers with a capacity of roughly 2 million barrels every >month, PDVSA said. > >Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has promoted a closer relationship >with China, India and other Asian countries in an effort to secure >new markets for oil. Currently, Venezuela's top buyer is the United >States. > >Chavez has clashed repeatedly with U.S. officials, saying U.S. >"imperialism" is a threat to the world and that new ways need to be >found to move toward socialism and help the poor. > >PDVSA also recently opened an office in Cuba, a close Venezuelan >ally. Officials have said the Havana office will coordinate PDVSA's >oil business in the Caribbean region. > >The South American country, meanwhile, also plans to expand its fleet >of oil tankers so it can sell more crude to Asia and other faraway >markets. > >AP-ES-08-23-05 1037EDT > > >_______________________________________________ >Biofuel mailing list >Biofuel@sustainablelists.org >http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > >Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > >Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): >http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
