This is a bigger deal than you imagine.it's not a refinery but a much more important piece of the puzzle in commercialisation of hydrocarbons. Crude needs to be stabilized and the sulfur needs to be removed before transportation to a refinery where the fracking takes place. It doesn't matter how much oil SA can pump from the ground if they can't ship it. And the House of Saud might not have sufficient funds and time to repair it. It will take years to back up if the initial reports of damage are correct. Last time it was attacked in retaliation to the airstrikes (with no operational damage), price of crude went up $2 on the same day. This time it happened over the weekend, but I am sure Monday is going to be wild in the stock market.
Unless they have a magical spell to back up production (they don't, nobody is even remotely close to the production volume of that plant and again, it need to be close to the wells) the entire global economy is going to suffer greatly, especially India, Japan and China, whom are fully dependent on Arabian oil.
Kek, Houthis shut down 5% of the worlds entire oil output with 15,000 dollars worth of drones
Saudis get rekt
Jeremiah King
>Expect US boots on the ground in Yemen
Not going to happen unless its small numbers of spec ops.
Jace Harris
>Expext US boots on the ground in yemen Expect dead soldiers coming back to US soon
Jace Ross
Please be real. Just like that epic earthquake somebody promised for Mexico yesterday
Luis Reed
Idon't want to sound alarmist, but the Saudis and their clients are fucked if they can't either get ~80% production or prove to the markers, beyond any doubt, that they have a backup plan. Also, where is China going to get their oil this week, this month, this year, next year?
Colton Powell
given the Saudis could have shut off their own facilities to reduce supply, I doubt this is a false flag. They aren't blaming Iran and the houthies admitted it.
If the rebels can do this once, they can do it again. I could see aramco to be brought to it's knees within 6 months. If that happens, then U.S boots on the ground in Yemen, subject to trumps veto.
Joshua Morales
You're coming with us, leaf.
Blake Campbell
This might sound crazy, but like, what if Saudi stops the war in Yemen?
>w o w
Carter Long
Your not wrong on that, but these types of facilities can usually be easily repaired.
Matthew Reyes
The bolt on bastard was right. Nuke them all. Nuke them now. Take the oil. Leave the gun.
Will effect China,India, and Japan, but expect U.S boots on the ground.
How about the Chinks defend their own interests since now they are the largest importer of Saudi Arabia oil.
Bentley Baker
I'm not sure if its that easy.. That plant has always been considered one of the most important strategic targets in the world, along with the Araxa mines and other RE deposits, and at a much higher position than military and political command centers.
Luis Smith
Trust the plan, goy
Blake Perez
The mountains of the Horites?
Noah Baker
I can see us far more likely to invade Venezuela along with Brazil and Columbia, than i see us going into Houthi held Yemen. The terrain is aweful, the population hates us, besides the guy SA wants to put back into power is Hadi, and he has lost all legitimacy seeing as Aden has succumb to seperatists backed by the UAE.
Yemen is such a damn mess, the UN and the world are claiming it could definitely be war crimes with embargoes starving civilians. Trump wont fuck with Yemen, its left to SA and their minions to tango with.
Carter Sanchez
wrong. This helps Trump, who is currently having a trade war with china. Trump does not care about shitholes or shitholers. Its KSA problem, let them deal with it.
Henry Miller
There ain't a plan.
Adrian Torres
When you false flag yourself you blow up something minor and useless not your entire economy buddy.
Colton Taylor
All the KSA will do is launch a big air compaign in Yemen, bomb a bunch of shiite civilians etc.
The only way it could be worse is if they openly proclaim it was Iran directly, then coordinate with Israel and the US in launching a invasion.
But they are too weak to do that, and they are taken off guard, seeing as how the Houthis are claiming it.
Ryder Hughes
Show your flag.
David Rodriguez
this guy gets it Yemen is a five star shithole, with no meaningful resources or strategic location. No boots on the ground. Trump will appoint John Bolton as ambassador thats all.
Andrew Harris
Its entirely possible its a false flag, could be Israel trying to provoke a sunni shiite war, could be Saudis doing it to have a excuse to drastically increase oil prices. Or it could be Iran sticking it to the Saudis and simply having the Houthis take responsibility for it.
Or it could have literally just been the quat chewing sandal wearing Houthis.
Jonathan Lopez
>Crude needs to be stabilized and the sulfur needs to be removed before transportation to a refinery where the fracking takes place You don't know the first thing about fracking you mong.
Robert Ramirez
>no strategic location >red sea >gulf of aden >route to suez canal Were do you think the oil will flow from when the straits of hormuz is permanently shut down
>Or it could have literally just been the quat chewing sandal wearing Houthis. I'm swaying towards the khat-chewing based sandal wearing BASEDBVLLS HOUTHIS
I need a briefing concerning the economic consequences of this. >How much do you think this will raise the price of gas? >Will the price raise immediately or on Monday? Thank you.
Daniel Robinson
The only thing strategic about Yemen is the gulf of Aden. And Access to the Red sea. We have ships there, the only way the US would go balls deep into Yemen is if there where serious and consistent anti ship missiles being used against shipping in the area. I believe as of now the Houthis will only target Saudi Emirate and other shipping of their enemies, or gulf military vessels.
Josiah Parker
It is prudent to fill up your tank today. It is stupid to burn it all by excessive driving because "SHTF".
Adrian Adams
These type of events always raise the price of fuel immediately cuz greedy Bastards.
Kayden Ortiz
REMINDER that reports of oil price rises, production slowdown etc. Are all speculative. Do not forget that OPEC is in crisis due to failure to raise oil prices, this development while damaging their companies shares raises the value of their products--and provides another persuasive justification for messing up Iran.
So who were the winners and loosers
Winners, isreal, Russia Loosers, East Europe, everyone In doubt, Iran (depending if they get invaded)Saudi, ironically
The major question still remains however about how such a small scale
Jayden Wright
Iran/Houthis control Strait of Hormuz and the Bab-el-Mandeb.
>Were do you think the oil will flow from when the straits of hormuz is permanently shut down That exact pipeline the Houthis hit was supposed to take oil and ship it all the way to the west coast where they can ship it past the nile, but ohnonon no pipeline == no shipment whatsoever
Lucas Green
Thanks for your help.
Brody White
Fuck off Bolton! Go find a circumcised cock to entertain yourself with.
Zachary Ross
14 words is all that matters. This is not our problem.
The Question is how long will production be down, and how high will it go. This will benefit Iran and Venezuela etc, maybe even the Saudis long term if they can get back to full capacity in time. It will hurt China which financially is already hurting due to the trade war.
If this doesnt escalate to a war, it will be felt hardest in China east asia etc. This may provoke China to be more expansionist to compensate.
Josiah Clark
No doubt they will fix it and probably make more, but then again, so will Houthis with their drones
Aiden Watson
He means cracking.
Ayden Clark
Cont. Another telling question is how these drone attacks caused so much damage.
They are predictable and part of a sustained campaign targeting doft targets.
While air defence is never simple and low altitude craft's are hard to detect, these are not very sophisticated drones and would be venurable to flack
Isaiah Gonzalez
I assume he means cracking.
Owen Jenkins
This oil plant is also one of the most secured places in Saudi-Arabia. It's a good thing that the Houthis bring the war to the Saudi people.
>This oil plant is also one of the most secured places in Saudi-Arabia A very big detail many people overlook. There's only like 3 major places KSA deploys their air defences, and 1 of them was this exact refinery
Parker Butler
first cold shower even the monkey seems to want a little coat of straw
that would require a military with force projection capability. The PLA can't fight a war it can't walk to.
Owen Miller
what's with the arthroposting? this isn't the first one
Gabriel Rogers
bs Iranian lies
Thomas Ortiz
Maybe a better question for biz but how do I profit from this when the markets open on Monday?
Ian Martinez
>Houthis >drones I broke the story on Jow Forums archives thread link related. I told you then it was not Houthis, and had nothing to do with Houthis. Still doesn't, despite all the Shills. It was cruise missiles from Iranian bases in Iraq. Period. End of story. archive.4plebs.org/pol/thread/226501076/#q226501076 Cut the bullshit please. >inb4source
I told you faggots. Don't fuck with Iran. Now enjoy your death.
Owen Gray
I can’t help but think China’s hand is in this show somehow. Looks to me like the Saudis are getting friendlier with the chinks, and the Chinese plan to integrate Pakistan into their belt road initiative to use it as a port for oil imports (I bet) since most of its probably going through the Malacca straits. If the Chinese are successful and stick with the Arab Gulf states, it could undermine Iran’s position in the Gulf.
Found your reddit account OP He's copy pasting straight from reddit
Parker White
imagine eating that thing deep-fried
Brandon Long
Hey user, fracking doesn’t take place at a refinery. That’s the cracker process you’re thinking of.
Fracking is done in the field. It’s the process of extracting oil and gas from shale deposits.
Henry Brown
Buy the stocks that take a shit after they stop taking a shit. They'll eventually all return to normal levels.
Lucas Butler
Not going to happen. You faggots had your chance for years, but you kept sanctioning and trying to pick a fight with Iran. Now Iran is just going to suffocate you and eradicate the trash around it while its economy recovers at the expense of the USD.
Bolton got fired because he dun goofed, now Trump wants to back out but Iran is just going to give him the finger and continue humiliating him in front of his boomer kike worshippers. They'll all be dead soon as Russia capitalizes on this and pulls more of the mutts vassals out of its orbits. Expect economic and societal collapse, and Russian/Chinese/Iranian spec ops throwing you into gulags soon.
Luke Sullivan
SA is famous for keeping billions of gallons in reserve, it will really depend on how SA & DC choose to handle it. Personally I'm in the camp that DC/OPEC will use this to lower production and rise pricing right before the IMO regulations take place in January. Friendly reminder, PNAC wasnt about the middle east, it was about conquering europe with ME support. Enjoy 2019 europoors
Landon Turner
Buy Gold like I told you. It will still be a bargain for the next 24 hours. >inb4source
>where is China going to get their oil this week, this month, this year, next year? They could always ignore the Iran sanctions and increase imports from Russia, couldn't they? It would seem in their best interests and strategically more sound anyway.
Liam Watson
Oil is old. electric cars will be 30% y 2020. Just Arabs burning the wells to inflate the prices of a dying commodity.
Ian Scott
>the Chinese are successful and stick with the Arab Gulf states, it could undermine Iran’s position in the Gulf. How? I'm seriously asking how would they undermine the Iran? On the other hand I'm not sure if I agree. If the price of oil goes up (and it probably will) it will actually be bad for China. They rely heavily on the Guld for their old. Funny enough they buy oil fro Africa too, that I didn't know about. Either way, it could prop up Russia imo, not China.
Ryan Martin
It's the Saudis driving up the prices themselves.
Jordan Sullivan
You were saying Iran is going to collapse any day now for a year. Its economy is improving. You're going to get harvested for your organs to be fed to African slaves.
Jackson Butler
Im glad I live in a country that made oil production a high priority. Sucks to be a nogas Europoor. Trump 2020
Then they have to accept living perpetually at the mercy of Israel, the United States, and a bunch of Iranian-backed Houthi goat herder militias. The first two were synonomous, but if you add the Houthis to the mix, you run into the problem that no man can serve two masters, and there will definitely be times when the Saudis would be forced to take sides in the conflict between the Jews and their neighbors in a situation where anybody they disagree with can cripple their economy. They can't afford that risk. As much as I hate the Saudis, and as much as they deserve to be exterminated, I have to admit, they're now in a completely untenable position and can't pull out of Yemen without risking their future as a nation.
Luis Rogers
idgas we all know what will happen in that region
Carter Edwards
>before taken to a facility where fracking takes place >t. Has absolutely zero idea of how crude is processed t. Flowback operator for a few years Not saying this isnt bad, but holyfuck OP could you be any less informed? The facility was a refinery, coming way after the fracking process.
Jordan Reed
Iran is developing ports like Chabahar on their southern coast specifically to deal with oil traffic and the stuff the Chinese-engineered port of Gwadar is doing to its east. In addition, it’s sponsored in part by India, which is trying to carve out its own commercial sphere to make sure China doesn’t bear down on it. Expect some chimpouts in Balochistan soon, frends
>You were saying Iran is going to collapse any day now for a year. I have never said this. Iranian economy is being propped up by china, Iran nor Russia have the production to meet Chinese demand, period. This appears to have been done to coincide with the IMO regulations in January. Yep, the EU is fucked. They can not endure the trade war now that it's gone to energy. Fuck europoors, they had their chance to join the union but chose social programs in lieu. They deserve what's coming
Elijah Jones
Actually marx and lenin predicted this and this is the perfect time for the vanguard to seize power.
REVOLT
Luis Taylor
Well done US.
Isaac Martinez
>the House of Saud might not have sufficient funds stopped reading right there
Remember that Iran’s whole modus operandi is standing resilient against foreign occupiers. They stood pretty well against the Russkies, the various Turk empires, and the Brits until the late 19th-20th centuries, when Russia and the UK said fuck it when they played handsies with Hitler; they just up and invaded Iran Poland-style. Notice how the Russians don’t treat the Iranians as their vassals. They know what China’s up to, and they don’t want to be subservient, believe you me.
Benjamin Roberts
GoFundme, Patreon, Apple Jews Gassed
Ayden Rogers
Pompeo is blaming Iran >Tehran is behind nearly 100 attacks on Saudi Arabia while Rouhani and Zarif pretend to engage in diplomacy. Amid all the calls for de-escalation, Iran has now launched an unprecedented attack on the world’s energy supply. There is no evidence the attacks came from Yemen. twitter.com/SecPompeo/status/1172963090746548225
Ian Robinson
You're right, Iranian economy is being propped up by China (and Russia to an extent). The point is that these three countries have an axe to grind with the subhuman retards that have been poking them for millennia, and I think they're about to get the chance soon with how things are developing.
It's only a recent phenomenon that they've been actively working together with relatively the same goals in mind (helping each other control their respective regions and the countries/peoples in their peripheries).
Jack Sanchez
> Let's them kick fuck out of Yemen > Puts price of oil up
Yeh man can see it right there it's a lose lose, who would ever do that?
Evan Reyes
Saudi asked Israel to get Hezbollah to bomb the plant to boost crude prices. It’s called craft and it’s called plausible deniability when done correctly.
Luke Phillips
came on here to see /pol’s/ take on this, looks like (((they))) want war at any cost.
Chase Turner
*snapsnapsnap*
Asher Gomez
t. Reza Rezazadeh from California
Easton Thompson
What's that fat fuck going to do? Strike Iran? Slap more sanctions? He's just going to have to sit there and take it like the fat bitch retard he is and accept his punishment as his precious vassals get crushed into pieces in front of him.