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157. The Saudis may not be able to ramp up production of any oil
Edited on Wed Dec-13-06 10:08 PM by amandabeech
that the world wants to buy. They're cutting their yearly allocation to their Far Eastern customers by 6-8%. That's their light, sweet crude. They can't sell their heavy, high sulfur crude to anyone.

However, over on the Opec front, the Saudis are trying to limit production to keep the price up to $60. Their actions and talk don't make much sense.

I think that any talk about cutting the oil price down to $40 is just talk, and the Iranians know it.
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  -Breaking CNN: Saudis threaten to support Sunni insurgency... Fridays Child  Dec-12-06 09:41 PM   #0 
  - Between Iraq and a hard place, aren't we...?  ocelot   Dec-12-06 09:42 PM   #1 
  - Between Saudi Arabian Oil and a Shiite Hole.....  alittlelark   Dec-12-06 11:22 PM   #61 
     - Think Bush knows the difference...  davekriss   Dec-13-06 06:48 AM   #78 
     - Don't you mean  Bassic   Dec-13-06 07:06 AM   #79 
        - No Don't you really mean...  humbled_opinion   Dec-13-06 06:41 PM   #141 
           - Yeah, they're all good, but if we're talking about Freepers  Bassic   Dec-14-06 06:53 AM   #167 
  - The Saudis are getting a little freaked out  DoYouEverWonder   Dec-12-06 09:43 PM   #2 
  - On the other hand, if this is cover for Bush, I hope he gets...  Fridays Child   Dec-12-06 09:44 PM   #3 
  - Put it this way, the trip and the resignation had everything to do with  Miss Chybil   Dec-12-06 09:45 PM   #4 
  - lol, this entire world has turned into a goddamn Tom Clancy novel  WindRavenX   Dec-12-06 09:45 PM   #5 
  - So true. SO true. Except in the end of Tom Clancy novels we...  Poll_Blind   Dec-12-06 09:47 PM   #9 
  - and we're the good guys.  Bornaginhooligan   Dec-12-06 09:50 PM   #14 
  - But something large usually blows up in the meantime.  shadowknows69   Dec-13-06 11:52 AM   #106 
  - That's exactly what I was thinking...  TwoSparkles   Dec-12-06 10:38 PM   #50 
  - I was reading a Tom Clancy novel  ForPeace   Dec-13-06 01:04 AM   #72 
  - Hi ForPeace! Welcome to DU!  Maraya1969   Dec-13-06 05:17 PM   #137 
  - You mean Jesus Christ on 2 popsicle sticks!  Tight_rope   Dec-13-06 08:55 AM   #90 
  - Clancy just loves Republicans....  ClintonTyree   Dec-13-06 11:52 AM   #107 
  - you are correct, WindRavenX  Skittles   Dec-13-06 02:19 PM   #123 
  - And if the U.S. stays?  rocknation   Dec-12-06 09:45 PM   #6 
  - So the U.S. in order to appease their Saudi masters...  Bornaginhooligan   Dec-12-06 09:45 PM   #7 
  - um... gets more interesting as time goes by.  rodeodance   Dec-12-06 09:46 PM   #8 
  - Recommend. Very newsworthy and I'll wager that's precisely why  babylonsister   Dec-12-06 09:47 PM   #10 
  - Yep, with so many lives in the balance, this is some high stakes maneuvering...  Fridays Child   Dec-12-06 09:51 PM   #15 
  - By cover, you mean the Saudi's threat could be his reasoning  babylonsister   Dec-12-06 09:55 PM   #17 
     - Bush has said, on a number of occasions, that oil-rich countries want to...  Fridays Child   Dec-12-06 10:07 PM   #23 
        - Yes, the tail is wagging the dog.  RiverStone   Dec-12-06 10:13 PM   #28 
        - Underneath the peace symbol?  Fridays Child   Dec-12-06 10:18 PM   #36 
           - Funny, I thought your avatar was the Burning Man symbol nt  Lucky Luciano   Dec-13-06 08:46 AM   #89 
        - The whole thing stinks and I think puts * in an untenable situation.  babylonsister   Dec-12-06 10:20 PM   #41 
        - I'll be both! nt  Fridays Child   Dec-12-06 10:33 PM   #49 
        - Dr. Rice....paging Dr. Rice...where oh where is the talented Sec. of State??  Supersedeas   Dec-13-06 02:47 PM   #125 
  - Unless Saud is sicker than we know....but the AC report is worrisome, isn't it?  MADem   Dec-12-06 10:18 PM   #35 
  - I don't understand what that has to do with issuing a threat  babylonsister   Dec-12-06 10:24 PM   #45 
     - It's "all in together" time. The House of Saud can't have a Sunni bloodbath in Iraq, they just  MADem   Dec-12-06 10:47 PM   #51 
        - Now that's the bundle of cheer I was expecting.  babylonsister   Dec-12-06 10:51 PM   #52 
        - Exactly--we don't know whether to laugh, cry or just go DAMN!!  MADem   Dec-12-06 11:05 PM   #56 
           - don't they want unending war?  redqueen   Dec-13-06 02:49 PM   #126 
              - Honestly? No. BushCo was in this for the OIL. Make no mistake.  MADem   Dec-13-06 03:08 PM   #127 
        - Only problem is...  Bushwick Bill   Dec-13-06 08:44 AM   #87 
           - Makes me wonder...  ponthedge   Dec-13-06 11:54 AM   #109 
           - Though we keep hearing that, as though it is gonna happen tomorrow, I regard it as a downstream  MADem   Dec-13-06 03:42 PM   #129 
              - The Saudis are building refineries for their very heavy sour stuff  amandabeech   Dec-13-06 09:45 PM   #154 
                 - What about the Empty Quarter? It is a huge area, untouched.  MADem   Dec-14-06 12:19 PM   #169 
  - That's why bush won't/hasn't pulled our troops out even though  Auntie Bush   Dec-12-06 10:20 PM   #43 
     - I'm scared, too, Auntie. What further hell has dimson wrought? nt  babylonsister   Dec-12-06 10:25 PM   #46 
  - Now we know why the Ambassador resigned today  Viva_La_Revolution   Dec-12-06 09:47 PM   #11 
  - Yes but is the resignation meant to underscore the seriousness...  Fridays Child   Dec-12-06 10:03 PM   #20 
     - Well, another theory is that Turki is getting spanked for letting Obaid blab to the WAPO NT  MADem   Dec-12-06 10:56 PM   #54 
  - Here's the link...  Fridays Child   Dec-12-06 09:48 PM   #12 
  - says here that SA told Cheney about this 2 WEEKS ago!  rodeodance   Dec-12-06 09:56 PM   #18 
  - Okey dokey. There's another dot. I suspect this was all planned...  Fridays Child   Dec-12-06 10:04 PM   #22 
  - say more about what you mean  grasswire   Dec-12-06 11:11 PM   #57 
     - You know, I'm not sure. It's just a feeling, at this point, that this will...  Fridays Child   Dec-13-06 12:43 AM   #69 
  - The only hope is a US coup that puts secular Shia Allawi in power  IndianaGreen   Dec-12-06 10:19 PM   #39 
  - His Name is "Prince Turki"?  ribofunk   Dec-13-06 09:56 AM   #98 
  - Article shows a little infighting between Bandar and Turki for Foreign Minister's  mod mom   Dec-12-06 10:16 PM   #33 
     - Interesting. Also that Bandar sold his big Mansion in Texas last Summer..  KoKo01   Dec-13-06 08:35 AM   #85 
  - Here is the discussion thread for amb. leaving. good dot connections  rodeodance   Dec-12-06 09:49 PM   #13 
  - Color-coded map of Iraq showing Sunni, Shia, Kurd areas:  Poll_Blind   Dec-12-06 09:54 PM   #16 
  - another wider area map also, here  uppityperson   Dec-12-06 10:01 PM   #19 
  - Thanks for these maps!  bigworld   Dec-12-06 10:16 PM   #34 
  - I agree, why would Iran consider an escalation with such a huge Sunni  mod mom   Dec-12-06 10:19 PM   #40 
     - And how does Russia play in this?  Tight_rope   Dec-13-06 10:52 AM   #102 
  - Wow! That changes the situation. Most the ME are Sunni and we're backing  Auntie Bush   Dec-12-06 11:00 PM   #55 
  - from what i read, We will stay and give it 'push" (more$, more troops,etc)  rodeodance   Dec-13-06 08:08 AM   #81 
  - "Bush* sure fuc*ed himself"  davekriss   Dec-13-06 08:18 AM   #84 
  - Yeah, well "our children" need to start deserting this sinking ship  NJCher   Dec-13-06 06:19 PM   #139 
  - I'd like a map showing oil deposits overlaid with Shi'ite areas  eridani   Dec-13-06 07:16 PM   #143 
  - Take a good look at this map. The mideast may never look like this again?  cassiepriam   Dec-13-06 05:17 AM   #77 
  - Good tip! We should buy stock in companies that specialize in map making.  Auntie Bush   Dec-13-06 09:15 AM   #93 
  - Amazing map. What are the chances Chimpy looked at this map  CLW   Dec-13-06 01:04 PM   #115 
  - That's pretty much on the mark--the Kurds certainly want that chunk up around  MADem   Dec-12-06 11:20 PM   #60 
  - If this is not handled perfectly  Mojorabbit   Dec-12-06 10:04 PM   #21 
  - It very well could have to do with both. What Army do they plan on using, I wonder?????  MADem   Dec-12-06 10:09 PM   #24 
  - says they will financial backing to Iraqi Sunni and we know they have $$  rodeodance   Dec-12-06 10:15 PM   #30 
     - Well, in a sick, BushCo fashion, if it's just going to be a money and guns exercise,  MADem   Dec-12-06 10:24 PM   #44 
        - Saudi/Sunni counterbalance...  MilesColtrane   Dec-13-06 03:52 PM   #132 
           - They've put out the call for volunteers to all of the sunni clerics  MADem   Dec-13-06 04:19 PM   #136 
  - Well this is another fine mess you have gotten us into.  Botany   Dec-12-06 10:12 PM   #25 
  - NYT: Saudis Give U.S. a Grim What If  rodeodance   Dec-12-06 10:13 PM   #26 
  - Say, THANKS for posting that article!!!  MADem   Dec-12-06 10:32 PM   #48 
     - and....did you notice article says he had not "Officially Resigned" as of Tuesday  KoKo01   Dec-13-06 09:01 AM   #91 
  - This feels too much like a show.  hang a left   Dec-12-06 10:13 PM   #27 
  - This would appear to be "the" story of the day. Thanks. eom  jarab   Dec-12-06 10:13 PM   #29 
  - It has to do with both, ambassador's resignation and Cheney's trip  IndianaGreen   Dec-12-06 10:15 PM   #31 
  - We didn't have a choice in who we backed  fujiyama   Dec-13-06 12:55 AM   #70 
     - Bush is planning his "Battle of the Bulge," the last battle for victory in Iraq  IndianaGreen   Dec-13-06 09:28 PM   #153 
  - so, I guess we stay!!  rodeodance   Dec-12-06 10:15 PM   #32 
  - SA is blackmailing us to stay in Iraq:  rodeodance   Dec-12-06 10:19 PM   #37 
  - Here's their pitch......Remember that awful three dollar a gallon gas?  MADem   Dec-12-06 11:15 PM   #59 
     - What you're saying coming true would not surprise me one bit...reminds me  Tight_rope   Dec-13-06 01:35 PM   #119 
     - That's about it! n/t  Megahurtz   Dec-13-06 01:41 PM   #120 
  - We are so screwn. America cannot afford to have Bush/Cheney representing us abroad.  Tatiana   Dec-12-06 10:19 PM   #38 
  - Forcing our hand equals blackmail. So, how much for how long? nt  babylonsister   Dec-12-06 11:15 PM   #58 
     - I agree.  rodeodance   Dec-13-06 08:08 AM   #82 
  - None of this had to happen  twilight_sailing   Dec-12-06 10:20 PM   #42 
  - That COMMA just became a semicolon.  Gregorian   Dec-12-06 10:29 PM   #47 
  - Total disaster is already in Iraq and the ME since poppy's flip  Amonester   Dec-13-06 10:50 PM   #158 
  - The Saudis are already  burrowowl   Dec-12-06 10:56 PM   #53 
  - I agree--I think we're being "scripted" again  rocknation   Dec-12-06 11:23 PM   #62 
     - Help me out ~ It is so hard to believe  goclark   Dec-12-06 11:36 PM   #63 
     - Maybe Cheney made a deal to save this presidency, or try to. nt  babylonsister   Dec-12-06 11:39 PM   #64 
     - The only thing Cheney's trying to save is his party's face.  rocknation   Dec-12-06 11:53 PM   #65 
        - If the US capitulates to SA and that's their reasoning for staying  babylonsister   Dec-13-06 12:00 AM   #66 
     - I'm thinking he'd like nothing better than to see someone light the fuse  Old and In the Way   Dec-13-06 12:16 AM   #68 
        - Thanks ~ they are truly Mad Dogs  goclark   Dec-13-06 10:35 AM   #100 
        - So there will be a playing-out between Big Oil and ME religious/tribal entities?  stubtoe   Dec-13-06 01:15 PM   #117 
     - They have no real Army, though  MADem   Dec-13-06 01:31 AM   #73 
  - Are we going to eventually see Saudia Arabia vs. Iran for control of Iraq?  Jennicut   Dec-13-06 12:08 AM   #67 
  - Anyone who thinks high level Saudis aren't already supporting the insurgency  fujiyama   Dec-13-06 12:59 AM   #71 
  - Of course, you're quite right. This is simply lifting the veil of plausible deniability.  MADem   Dec-13-06 01:40 AM   #74 
  - The Saudis have lots of younger sons.  aquart   Dec-13-06 03:31 AM   #75 
  - Did they happen to add a "PS"  lostnfound   Dec-13-06 05:00 AM   #76 
  - It's payback time...  Everybody   Dec-13-06 08:01 AM   #80 
  - Cheney summoned by Royals; Saudi Ambassador resigns and leaves the US; Saudis backing insurgents....  Roland99   Dec-13-06 08:11 AM   #83 
  - Here's a link for ya!  Tight_rope   Dec-13-06 08:44 AM   #86 
  - Another Fine Mess You've Gotten Us Into, Chimpy  Beetwasher   Dec-13-06 08:44 AM   #88 
  - Of course they are-anything to keep the radicals out of their country  underpants   Dec-13-06 09:06 AM   #92 
  - Weeeee! aren't stupid ill conceived wars of choice fun????  Javaman   Dec-13-06 09:28 AM   #94 
  - YES HE DOES  saigon68   Dec-13-06 09:31 AM   #96 
  - Yeah and don't forget his Pop  Megahurtz   Dec-13-06 01:50 PM   #121 
  - Aren't they already funding them - like they did the 911 attack  28erl   Dec-13-06 09:31 AM   #95 
  - What was it 15 out of the 19, 9-11 bombers were from saudi Arabia?  Imagevision   Dec-13-06 11:55 AM   #110 
  - Uh oh, don't make the masters mad...  RestoreGore   Dec-13-06 09:43 AM   #97 
  - Saudis want the Iraq oil but need Iraq in shambles before they  valerief   Dec-13-06 10:04 AM   #99 
  - Saudis threats - implementation worries CARTOON  ZENmud   Dec-13-06 10:35 AM   #101 
  - When they summoned Dick, they told him....And these are our "friends"  The Count   Dec-13-06 10:57 AM   #103 
  - Lol!  Megahurtz   Dec-13-06 01:56 PM   #122 
  - Stop the Outsourcing!!!!!  mrJJ   Dec-13-06 11:17 AM   #104 
  - Humpty Dumpty has fallen off the wall and it was Bush that gave him the push.  DuaneBidoux   Dec-13-06 11:40 AM   #105 
  - You mean, they aren't already doing that?  devilgrrl   Dec-13-06 11:53 AM   #108 
  - Invading Iraq was sure a good idea, though, wasn't it?!  mycritters2   Dec-13-06 12:01 PM   #111 
  - Bush is going to drag this out thru 2008, this man needs mental evaluation  Imagevision   Dec-13-06 12:11 PM   #112 
  - this has been the plan all along n/t  BrokenBeyondRepair   Dec-13-06 12:28 PM   #113 
  - So, we split...? and the Sauidi's can take over?!! how soon can we do this?  Imagevision   Dec-13-06 12:34 PM   #114 
  - The Saudis cannot take over. That's why they are balltwisting us to stay.  MADem   Dec-13-06 02:40 PM   #124 
     - The Saudis may not be able to ramp up production of any oil  amandabeech   Dec-13-06 10:05 PM   #157 
        - They can if it's already refined, and at bargain basement prices.  MADem   Dec-14-06 12:29 PM   #170 
  - That means that Saudis support Terrorism.  Higans   Dec-13-06 01:10 PM   #116 
  - The Saudis come to * rescue. * has no intention of withdrawing from Iraq.  genieroze   Dec-13-06 01:15 PM   #118 
  - So that's why Cheney went over...  sampsonblk   Dec-13-06 03:14 PM   #128 
  - In 1,400 years...  Chulanowa   Dec-13-06 03:46 PM   #130 
  - Aren't insurgents terrorists?  rman   Dec-13-06 03:47 PM   #131 
  - The MSM never tell you which sect or ethnic group is shooting at us  amandabeech   Dec-13-06 10:00 PM   #156 
     - If both Sunni and Shia want US troops out of Iraq, then who's killing  rman   Dec-14-06 02:27 AM   #163 
        - Mostly Shia are killing Sunnis and vice versa.  amandabeech   Dec-14-06 02:47 AM   #164 
  - A MSM question you will never hear:  PATRICK   Dec-13-06 04:11 PM   #133 
  - By Republican "logic"  svpadgham   Dec-13-06 04:13 PM   #134 
  - The Saudis feel compelled to aid the Iraqi Sunni, their co-religionists  entanglement   Dec-13-06 04:16 PM   #135 
  - Interestingly, Poppy Bush recently visited the Saudi's to assure them they could depend on his son >  Imagevision   Dec-13-06 05:21 PM   #138 
  - Don't forget the Saudis are in business with the Bushes  TOJ   Dec-13-06 06:20 PM   #140 
  - Sounds to me like the Saudi's are trying to help out Bush...  8_year_nightmare   Dec-13-06 07:03 PM   #142 
  - The Saudis are helping themselves as well.  amandabeech   Dec-13-06 09:55 PM   #155 
     - Is that you, Judy Miller?  8_year_nightmare   Dec-14-06 12:36 AM   #159 
        - Nope. Not Judy Miller. Can't stand her and never could.  amandabeech   Dec-14-06 01:04 AM   #160 
           - I saw a map of Iraq showing the territories occupied by the Shias  8_year_nightmare   Dec-14-06 01:24 AM   #162 
              - Shias are the majority of the population.  amandabeech   Dec-14-06 02:49 AM   #165 
  - The Saudis have the Bush's blackmailed and could unleash.....  kitty1   Dec-13-06 08:30 PM   #144 
  - Impeachment now!  Aviation Pro   Dec-13-06 08:51 PM   #145 
  - Official: Saudis to back Sunnis if U.S. leaves Iraq (AP/CNN) UPDATE: WH denies  eppur_se_muova   Dec-13-06 09:21 PM   #146 
  - If we left it was going to cause chaos. They got chaos. If we left  HereSince1628   Dec-13-06 09:21 PM   #147 
  - Sounds like a plant to me  edwardlindy   Dec-13-06 09:21 PM   #148 
  - "Bush White House in denial" As usual  SpiralHawk   Dec-13-06 09:21 PM   #149 
  - Kissing kronies? But he looked deep into their eyes! He read their souls!  eppur_se_muova   Dec-13-06 09:21 PM   #150 
  - Oil=money.  amandabeech   Dec-14-06 01:11 AM   #161 
  - WH truthfulness  azurnoir   Dec-13-06 09:21 PM   #151 
  - Hmmm...didn't the news make them out to be all smiles during that visit?  Drum   Dec-13-06 09:21 PM   #152 
  - I heard on Air America last night that the last time SA ambassador resigned  Contrite   Dec-14-06 03:12 AM   #166 
     - I hadn't seen that.  Gregorian   Dec-14-06 10:47 AM   #168 
     - I can't post it--can you?  Contrite   Dec-14-06 08:39 PM   #172 
     - THAT IS SOME SERIOUS SHIT...A MUST READ...NO WONDER THE FRENCH  Tight_rope   Dec-14-06 03:53 PM   #171 
 

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