OPEC’s best friend has been sitting in the Spite House for going on five years now. He’s keeping a lid on the Keystone Pipeline, which would break the fracking boom wide open over the heads of OPEC. As long as Obastard can keep the pipeline a mere dream, OPEC has leverage over us.
The Saudis, who are a long-thinking bunch, understand Obastard will be eventually replaced. Even a different Rat would probably allow he pipeline eventually. 20 years down the road, they will not have the power they do today, and are making preparations for it.
The Keystone pipeline has nothing to do with the fracking boom. It would be used to transport oil produced from tar sands in Alberta, Canada. Due to the political delays in approving the pipeline, Canada has made a deal to supply China with some of the oil from those tar sands.