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2004-05-19 Africa: Subsaharan

Another Oil Problem in the Making? OPECâs Nigeria in state of emergency.

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Posted by Mark Espinola 2004-05-19 3:57:24 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Most of the oil is in the south. Islam is in the North. The Islamic violence in Plateau is not, by itself, a threat to the oil industry. Of course spill over is another thing.

Posted by mhw 2004-05-19 8:15:43 AM|| 2004-05-19 8:15:43 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Didja ever notice how militant Islam tends to gravitate toward where there's lots of oil? Wonder what their long-term strategy might be?

Posted by Fred 2004-05-19 8:46:39 AM|| 2004-05-19 8:46:39 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Oil is a gift from Allah to his chosen people. It's every moslems sworn duty to take it back from the infidels.

Posted by Steve 2004-05-19 9:05:53 AM|| 2004-05-19 9:05:53 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 I see a perfect storm coming!

Posted by Phil B 2004-05-19 9:17:45 AM|| 2004-05-19 9:17:45 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Hundreds of Muslims were killed by Christian militants in the town of Yelwa earlier this month. In February, 49 Christians were killed in a church.

Ya'd think...considering the Crusades, etc. that the Muslim's might start to see the Darwinian correlation at some point in time.

Don't kill Christians...no repercussions. Kill Christians, expect a repercussions tenfold.

Darwin, like the US in Karbala, is slow, but ultimately effective.

Posted by B 2004-05-19 9:33:28 AM|| 2004-05-19 9:33:28 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 The current issue of National Geographic has a great piece on the future of oil. Some say oil production will peak in 2016; others in around 2040.

Posted by Rafael 2004-05-19 3:15:18 PM|| 2004-05-19 3:15:18 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 I see a perfect storm coming!

No problemo. I have my trusty two-wheeled Honda steed to tide me over....

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-05-19 3:34:52 PM|| 2004-05-19 3:34:52 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Perfect storm: Oil analysts say it's already here. Multiple factors in place for sharp price rise:
1. Unexpected demand from China
2. Lack of refining capacity in US
3. Shortage of light sweet crude needed for US special environmental requirements
4. Inelastic demand (so far) in US
5. Terrorism

Posted by virginian 2004-05-19 4:45:01 PM|| 2004-05-19 4:45:01 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Nigeria in state of emergency

You mean it wasn't? That's not what Dr. Jonas Sababooboo told me in his last letter.

Posted by tu3031 2004-05-19 6:34:14 PM|| 2004-05-19 6:34:14 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 You got it right virginian but you forgot

6. It's a commodty just like copper, nuthin more nuthin less

Posted by Shipman 2004-05-19 7:23:44 PM|| 2004-05-19 7:23:44 PM|| Front Page Top

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