Article

2024-11-10 Home Front: Politix

Trump may restrict Iranian oil but China might not play along, analysts say

Archived material is restricted to Rantburg regulars and members. If you need access email fred.pruitt=at=gmail.com with your nick to be added to the members list. There is no charge to join Rantburg as a member.

Posted by trailing wife 2024-11-10 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Iran

#1 Is there a trans-Asian pipeline? If not then the oil has to go by ship. A try at Taiwan would result in a shut down of all such imports in to China. That's putting your neck in a noose.

Posted by Procopius2k 2024-11-10 07:10|| 2024-11-10 07:10|| Front Page Top

#2 ...The Iranians - among all their other problems right now - have a single-point failure system for getting their oil out. There's only so many places the tankers can onload, there's only one way out, and once they're in open water, the US Navy can still make them wish they'd never left port.

Don't have to sink them, don't have to capture them. Just make 'em turn back.

Mike

Posted by MikeKozlowski 2024-11-10 08:30|| 2024-11-10 08:30|| Front Page Top

#3 If the Israelis decide to smack Kharq Island, China will have to play elsewhere. So, look for Chinese pressure on the players to tone it down.

Posted by ed in texas 2024-11-10 10:47|| 2024-11-10 10:47|| Front Page Top

23:52 trailing wife
23:05 JohnQC
23:00 JohnQC
22:54 JohnQC
22:52 JohnQC
20:29 Rex Dominic
20:26 Thing From Snowy Mountain
20:23 Elmerert Hupens2660
20:15 swksvolFF
20:14 swksvolFF
20:09 swksvolFF
20:03 Rex Dominic
19:27 crazyhorse
18:59 Raj
18:45 ed in texas
18:30 Procopius2k
18:14 Ululating Platypus
17:44 Warthog
17:39 Pancho Poodle8452
17:25 Pancho Poodle8452
17:16 trailing wife
17:10 trailing wife
17:03 Lord Garth
16:58 Ululating Platypus