[geopolitical-wank] Oil : shunting the Persian Gulf
Posted: 2012-05-14 02:22pm
I've heard that approximately 30-40% of all oil production worldwide must transit by the Persian Gulf. I have also heard that some regional powers (namely Iran), in some situations, could try to impose a blockade on these exports.
The purpose of this thread is fairly straightforward :
What would be the technical & political obstacles to the establishment of an oil & gas terminal in the Red Sea, which would allow Irak, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and possibly Oman to continue shipping their oil & gas (if maybe at reduced rate) even with a blockaded Persian Gulf ?
Note : I know it's the cool thing to do these days, to go all chest-beating about Iran and how the US would/should nuke them for X/Y/Z reasons (sigh), but if people could refrain from that kind of bullshit in this thread I would greatly appreciate it. The question I'm asking here is “what would it take to get all these countries to work together to create an alternative route to ship their hydrocarbons and how would they do it ?”.
The purpose of this thread is fairly straightforward :
What would be the technical & political obstacles to the establishment of an oil & gas terminal in the Red Sea, which would allow Irak, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and possibly Oman to continue shipping their oil & gas (if maybe at reduced rate) even with a blockaded Persian Gulf ?
Note : I know it's the cool thing to do these days, to go all chest-beating about Iran and how the US would/should nuke them for X/Y/Z reasons (sigh), but if people could refrain from that kind of bullshit in this thread I would greatly appreciate it. The question I'm asking here is “what would it take to get all these countries to work together to create an alternative route to ship their hydrocarbons and how would they do it ?”.