Posted on 03/17/2016 12:58:57 PM PDT by bananaman22
Actually I’ve felt just the opposite.
A smart guy told me 30 yrs ago we should suck them dry, then use ours.
I really do not know to be honest the only thing I know is that getting involved with the arab world has been nothing but trouble.
Sabotage their own asset? Fiendishly clever!
That’s like buying an underwear factory, and then shutting it down in order to drive up the price of cotton.
“Dang! There goes my low gas prices”
yyyyuuuuup!
KYPD
[ Sabotage their own asset? Fiendishly clever!
That’s like buying an underwear factory, and then shutting it down in order to drive up the price of cotton. ]
They would do it if we entered all out war against them.
Of course they woudn’t do that, they would be happier using it as a tool to screw over OUR own domestic oil production.
...this has national security implications.
[ Normally I am anti-regulation, BUT.....
...this has national security implications. ]
Precisely!
[ I really do not know to be honest the only thing I know is that getting involved with the arab world has been nothing but trouble. ]
Whole damned area should be Koran-teened...
that is not an accurate history of Motiva.
Motiva was NOT formed by Shell and the Saudis but by Shell and Star Enterprise, which was owned by Texaco and the Saudis. It was not until after Texaco merged with Chevron did it become a Shell and Saudi venture.
and the Port Arthur refinery was built as a Texaco refinery originally and operated by Texaco most of its life.
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