tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post1643248092221839752..comments2024-03-19T13:01:14.062+00:00Comments on Capitalists@Work: Price Of Oil Looks ShakyCityUnslickerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15929544047783163175noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-38600761438709214282014-01-29T20:14:49.130+00:002014-01-29T20:14:49.130+00:00it's beyond me, Brian
Anon - in the Khomeini ...it's beyond me, <b>Brian</b><br /><br /><b>Anon</b> - in the Khomeini days I was in negotiations with an Iranian team for the sale (to them, don't ask) of some petroleum lubricants<br /><br />things had reached a bit of an impasse on a knotty item when one of the leaned forward and said - <i>if you don't give me the concession I need, my wife and family will be arrested</i><br /><br />an unusual negotiating ploy ...Nick Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670594203660051701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-63259600433992426212014-01-29T19:15:52.753+00:002014-01-29T19:15:52.753+00:00Used to supply to NIOC but the problem was always ...Used to supply to NIOC but the problem was always payment that was routed through Bank Mellat. There were various levels of bureaucracy and temporary shortages of hard currency to pay - surprisingly.<br /><br />Then the US would get involved banning this, that and the next even though it was trade between two sovereign countries. <br /><br />It may have changed but I not heard that is has.<br /><br />Was it an Iranian cock-up or US/Saudi conspiracy? Would like to know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-73623774083340262732014-01-29T18:41:52.245+00:002014-01-29T18:41:52.245+00:00If the Sunni-Shia 30 yrs war is just getting start...If the Sunni-Shia 30 yrs war is just getting started, then why is Shell selling Brazilian assets? Seems strange to part with safe resources just now.BrianSJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-26713285901904590592014-01-29T10:31:59.596+00:002014-01-29T10:31:59.596+00:00yet again, Kev, you are short-listed for whatever ...yet again, <b>Kev</b>, you are short-listed for whatever prize we may bestow one day<br /><br />that's quite a story you've linked to, <b>BSJ</b><br /><br />yes, it never goes away, <b>BE</b> (but it does help to know exactly what's down there...)Nick Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670594203660051701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-7213169321053717152014-01-29T09:30:51.515+00:002014-01-29T09:30:51.515+00:00Or as The Sun might have put it:
The Price of Oil...Or as The Sun might have put it:<br /><br />The Price of Oil Looks Sheiky. Electro-Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18073103431166273080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-28148860572662902582014-01-29T08:00:10.494+00:002014-01-29T08:00:10.494+00:00Yes, no shortage of friends wanting to keep the oi...Yes, no shortage of friends wanting to keep the oil price high with chaos in Iraq http://www.gregpalast.com/how-george-bush-won-the-war-in-iraq-really/ BrianSJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-18254781030113022312014-01-28T18:46:59.581+00:002014-01-28T18:46:59.581+00:00The problem in Iraq, ever since GWB helpfully inte...The problem in Iraq, ever since GWB helpfully intervened, has been that it's quite difficult to get the oil from the pump to the pump, as it were. If someone can solve that then western consumers won't be the only ones celebrating.<br /><br />I don't think we (consumers) care much whether cheap energy comes from under Kurdistan or Kingston-upon-Hull as long as it's cheap. And the gas will still be under the Northern Rocks when the Iraqi stuff starts to run out.<br /><br />We might have done some work on energy efficiency by then!Blue Eyesnoreply@blogger.com