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Photo Of Pipeline Fire And Map Of Awamiya Region
And another update this time a video showing Awamiya, Eastern Saudi Arabia, where the oil fields can be seen from minute three onward.
Another update from Arab Digest:
A new photo of the pipeline under fire, from our Qatif correspondent:
Below is a map of oil fields in Saudi Arabia:
The Eastern region is where most of the oil fields are based. The events, if they continue, might force Saudi Arabia to lower its production expectations this year, thus affecting world supplies, and possible the world economy.
A quick review of the proximal refinery courtesy of Saudi Aramco
Ras Tanura Refinery
The most complex Saudi Aramco refinery is on the Arabian Gulf at Ras Tanura with a crude distillation capacity of 550,000 barrels per day (BPD). Ras Tanura Refinery also has a 305,000 BPD NGL processing facility, a 960,000 BPD crude stabilization facility, 145/158 MW (summer/winter) of combined steam and gas turbine electrical power generation plants, a combined 150 lb and 600 lb steam capacity of 6,217 Mlb/hr, and 75 crude oil and products storage tanks with a combined capacity of 5.8 million barrels.
Ras Tanura Refinery's major refining facilities include a 325,000 BPD Crude Distillation Unit, a 225,000 BPD Gas Condensate Distillation Unit, 50,000 BPD hydrocracker and a total of 107,000 BPD capacity of catalytic reforming. Ras Tanura Refinery is the only Saudi Aramco refinery that contains a Visbreaker (60,000 BPD). This refinery also produces 17,000 BPD of asphalt, more than any other refinery in the Kingdom. Crude is normally transferred to Ras Tanura through a pipeline and can also be supplied by ship. Most of Ras Tanura’s production is for domestic use and transferred to the Dhahran bulk plant, while some products are exported.
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Well at least it's not Korans this time.......
And yet they'll still expect an apology from obaMao.
PHOENIX – An investigative “Cold Case Posse” launched six months ago by “America’s toughest sheriff” – Joe Arpaio of Arizona’s Maricopa County – has concluded there is probable cause that the document released by the White House last year as President Obama’s birth certificate is a computer-generated forgery.
http://www.wnd.com/2012/03/sheriff-joes-posse-probable-cause-obama-certi...
"The events, if they continue, might force Saudi Arabia to lower its production expectations "
Just get the the ISDA to declare them not to be events.. it will be like nothing ever happened.
Highly bullish. I'm sure it was "speculators" that blew it up.
On a side note.....
WASHINGTON, March 1 (Reuters) - Iran has made a rare purchase of U.S. wheat in an effort to build food stockpiles as the United States and Europe implement tough new sanctions to contain Tehran's nuclear ambitions.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/03/01/usa-iran-wheat-idUKL2E8E13RZ20120301
Put sanctions on Iran then sell them wheat... WTF? Ayatollah just said put all 120,000 tons on my Chase card.
I know, just like the ISDA when everyone knows it was an event and people know that this bombing was a warning. And if people think that Iran doesn't have Saudi Arabias major oil facilities targeted, they are sadly wrong. Because I guarantee they have planned for this contingency.
Breitbart won't be the only person to have a sudden heart attack this month.
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Also...
HOLLYWOOD - WHITNEY HOUSTON IS STILL DEAD
kinetic oil...woo hoo
the story is ridicuolous and so are all the birthers. it defies logic. If it's a big liberal government conspiracy don't you'd think theyd have enough power and connections to just make him a new completley legit birth certificate with whatever they wanted on it instead of photoshopping or forging him a birth certificate? Also, last time i checked, where you're born has no bearing on anything. give it up sherriff.
You need to go back and read the Constitution cowboy. Only people born inside the United States are eligible to become President. Naturalized citizens are not.
So the Founding Fathers were born inside the US?
That is a piece of news.
Rewriting history in such blatant way is traditional sports for US citizens.
Only slaves have birth certs , people born free do not have them because a birth cert is a contract between you and the Government , they own you and you get benifit entitlements.
Half the United States, the Republican half, have yet to come up with anything that will stand up in a court of law, including Donald Trump and America's Toughest Sheriff.It's amazing to me that Greta van Sustern at Faux Noise has a law degree and somehow has never talked at length about the birth certificate.
How many Mexicans slipped over the border of Arizona while the "toughest sheriff" was eating donuts?
Lol, do you guys know that for instance first oil shock is due to US production peak in 1971 and not the so called "arab embargo" ? (a leaking joke that lasted around 3 months and was never effective from KSA to the US in particular)
Truth is that US diplomacy ant oil majors needed higher prices (to start Alaska, north Sea, GOM) and **PUSHED** OPEC towards price increase and quotas.
Too bad James Akins died one or two years ago (key guy in that story)
It triggered all.
I dont think the Arabs or anyone else needed counsel on that topic. They went to the conclusion by themselves.
What your story forgot to mention is that anyone who pointed to the finited nature of oil supply was smashed in the face by charts plotting the rate of discovery of new oil sites. Useless to conserve oil as every year, more oil was discovered than it was consumed.
The rate of discovery plummeted in the same years.
This is the combo of events that led to the reaction by the Arabs.
No, I'm talking facts here.
And the fact is that James Akins indeed suggested $4 or $5 a barrel during an OPEC meeting in Algiers (he was US ambassador in Saudi Arabia at that time), and everybody "amazed".
James Akins is also the guy asked by Nixon to audit US production in 71.
There has been plenty of other "games", like "the oil glut" or counter oil shick in 85 being a deal between Reagan and the Saudis to put the last blow to USSR (and it worked, cutting their foreign currencies revenues by two third).
Americans always want to avoird these historical geopolitical facts, doesn't make them disappear.
As to discoery, the peak of oil discovery is around 1964, so even beflore, and all giants fields discovered even before, except for Cantarell.
dupe
Hedges look pretty green for A FUCKING DESERT!
lol, so bitter
I call bullshit. That's Bakersfield!
Well at least it's not Korans this time.......
And when was the last time the Koreans blew up a pipeline???
Racist
I'm pretty sure his comment was in reference to the burning of Korans last week that sparked a whole mess of protest in Afganistan.
I'm pretty sure his screename is perfect!
Protest in Argentina? What does this have to do with New Mexico?
Ya ya and every time they talk about assisted suicide, they always gotta mention the "youth in asia". How come they always gotta bring race into the discussion? What did those kids ever do to them? (Hat tip: Ali G)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuY5sTe0YF8
And what about all this talk about too much violins on TV. I like violin music.
"Now that's a fire!" - Eddie Murphy
Roll Charlie around...he be aight.
Gooney goo goo Gus.
A gentle warning from the Iranians?
Reality == Nothing to do with Iran. Just a few Saudi citizens, protesting, being destructive.
Media == Secret, Iranian military sabotage.
It's ok! We'll light our own farts!
Iran strikes back! Take that USA.
No kidding. How vulnerable are we - and how fragile is the world economy - when a single pipeline fire has the potential to knock the whole thing off the rails?
terrorist attack?
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Like that.
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lol - my neighbors JUST bought one ...
Tape this on their window while they are sleeping...
So production is going up!
Great News~!
Disclosure: I wanted to link the ad for the gas guzzler from Robocop but I couldnt find it. Just take a moment to pretend I found it and you watched.
The 6000 SUX.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fl8mQhxhE_Q
I actually own one - calls itself a 1972 Olds 98...maybe 7ml/gal when it's in a good mood. Don't dare drive it anymore...one trip around the block will collapse the entire global economy.
your neighbors are NITWITS
Wealth effect. He can afford the gas.
I'm planning to buy a used 4x4 Ford diesel soon, but then my commute to work is less than a mile. If diesel becomes too expensive, I can always walk. Storing bulk diesel is a lot easier and safer than the same for gasoline too. It will be a second vehicle too, and the first one is horrible in bad weather and impossible to take off road. Our current vehicle cannot haul anything dirty either.
+1 for you sir. Although, if it's only a mile you should walk every day. 2 miles/day is good for you, and walking in bad weather will put hair on your chest.
my current vehicle is small but still manages to haul my thoughts around.
I was lucky enough to grab a jeep diesel for the same reasons, but ultra-low-sufur diesel is getting pretty pricey, as of today my gas car wins on $/mile. I strongly suggest you get a good lubricity additive for the diesel's tank, as the new ULSD fuel is terrible at lubricating and it's causing a lot of diesels to implode after a couple years of use. (And on that note, don't but a VW diesel Jetta, the US fuel causes a pump failure that's a $10K+ repair.)
I know people are scoffing at low gas-milage vehicles, but we're entering a catch-22 phase in the US. Road infrastructure is falling apart rapidly, and the ultra-high-milage cars often are small and can't handle crap roads very well, whereas larger tougher 4WDs can. I dumped a Porsche for a 4WD because the roads in my area had become so shitty as to be undrivable in the Porsche for miles in certain places.
As we sink into developing-world levels of infrastructure, something like a cheap pickup (Toyota Hilux being the 3rd world gold standand) starts to win over fuel economy, even when you're poor.
I've got a gas Honda Civic, a Dodge Cummins diesel and a diesel 4x4 Suburban that's in the process of getting a Cummins 4bt swapped in. The 'burb is going to be the eventual "commute" car when the Honda finally breaks.
We're rapidly reaching the point where driving is just not going to be worth it unless you're actually moving heavy shit of great importance a long distance.
Long cargo bikes.
I've got a ford Excursion with a 7.3l. It's got 250,000 mi on it. Havent even put glow plugs in it yet. You could run off road diesel in it for about 40 cents a gallon less. But thats illegal and I would never condone such behavior.
If your commute is less than a mile, and you're not already walking to work, that's pretty silly. Why do you drive to work when you could walk it in 10 or 15 minutes, and actually get some sunshine (or snow) and a bit of exercise?
His neighbor is long AAPL....no sweat
as long as you don't drive it
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Pres Obama calls on Congress to end $4billion in oil industry tax subsidies. Says giveaways are "outrageous" "inexcusable
what was the name of that movie where they portrayed the idea we never landed on the moon.
that photo could be from Orlando.
something this important and this is what world markets are moving on......
Not sure about the moon movie, but there was one for Mars.
Capricorn 1. It was Mars that they didn't go to.
The Darkside of the Moon. It has Rumsfeld in it and everything; highly recommend! very convincing arguments.
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Really?
How does it work??!! That's pretty shit compared to what my classmate's mom could do scalping inter-exchange latency with an algo...
So what's the web address of her pussy cam?
And I know damn well you're making twice weekly trips
to the bus station to service urine scented strangers
in order to keep the internet connection on, in your
mothers basement.
Is she Nigerian?.....
$19551, huh?
That's a believably precise number.
Has to be. Because it is well known, US citizens deserve every single cent they earn.
Alfred E Obama
I'm surprised you used words for that one
Insulting cartoon characters like that scores you points in toon hell.
that picture is pretty bright, considering its nighttime there right now....
Holy shit. It is, in fact, 20 minutes to midnight in SA right now, according to Google.
WTF is going on?
... a 300 foot fireball would tend to light up the sky a bit ... just sayin ...
Not that much
That is true, but look at the areas under the bushes in the foreground. If the fire was intense enough to light up the sky like it was dusk, it should be casting a major shadow there. Further, there is a highlight on the lamp-post rather than a shadow.
Clearly this was not taken in the last two hours.
But reading the actual story, the SA government seems to be claiming this is a wildfire and that it is a ways away from the pipeline. THe new picture doesn't really look like it could be anything but a hydrocarbon fueled fire, though.
DELETED: Mistake.
What part of the video are you talking about?
Talking about the pictures. Those were posted before the video.
on another thread i questioned how long has this info been available and others trading on it - a few hrs ago when WTI touched $107?
is this what prompted nobama's speech earlier in the day?
the parking light is not even on in that photo.
Here's a picture of a fire in the desert...
http://dels-old.nas.edu/climatechange/images/desert_fire.jpg
Just for shits and giggles.
the picture is also very grainy which suggest a very high ISO on a digital camera...which would explain why it looks somewhat light outside.
no blue skies or sunlight shadow.
Whatever the explanation, thumbs up for being observant.
sand and ipads are very reflective...
Meanwhile, Hugo Chavez is laughing his ass off!!
he is laughing so hard that the gigantic cancerous tumor dropped out his butt
Arab digest reports, Chinese economic data, or bls statistics. Which are more believable?
would you prefer CNN or CNBC?
And the eqty market doesnt even yawn.
Way to go Central Bankers. Fukkin A
Exactly. Apples holding up well. Its all good. Now go home and eat.
However, this attack will not disrupt their sand exports.
http://feww.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/saudiarabia_amo_2011085.jpg
Yeah, I saw that same fire about a klick away from my house. Their burning trees taken out for a new WalMart. Wag the Dog, Bitchez!
time for the SPR
ZH has a correspondent in Qatif? That is so cool!!!
You expected something less from Fight Club?
Anybody want to buy my Suburban? Will trade for cj-7 Jeep with machine gun mount or chevy volt. At least i"ll have a way to light my cigarette when it catches fire.
I think the Israelis just got clearance for a convenient flight path
Time for them to invest in a nuclear plant.
No blame on the Iranians listed yet? No one blown up found with Iranian passports, because the bomb hit a tree?
Fuckin' Obama. This never would've happened if Ronald Reagan were Preznit.
Using the SPR for the purpose of lowering gas prices is ludicrous.
You're gona' take oil out that you paid probably $30 a barrel for and then you're going to have to REPLACE it with oil priced over $100.
The main point is that the oil needs to get replaced and that takes supply out of the market supporting higher prices anyway.
The SPR was designed for war purposes NOT manipulating the price of oil in an election year. It would in fact exasperate the problem
Do they have marshmallows in Saudi Arabia?
absolutly fucking criminal
30 seconds before the close and the rumor is shown to be false.
now oil needs to sell off in zero liquidity
ZH pumping lies and rumors? Nah, I don't believe it. This is a bastion of truth, didn't you know?
who has the marshmallows and graham crackers ????
Does that video show a lightning strike at 3:38?
CNBC is now reporting that its not true ...
IF it happened, it didnt happen at night, like now but way earlier.
So not only do we get the real news first, but we get updates, photos, videos and maps to make sure we are clear on the exact location and the situation at hand.
Anyone here still think donating to Zero Hedge is not a good idea?
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Ides of March Money Bomb does sound quite nice.
Well, there goes our war against global warming.
Dang. We were making such good progress!
it is just plumbing, imo
of copurse, if this is followed by 300 more problematic pipeline fires, one might interpret the propagananda differently
boy! the sabres would rattle and the heads would roll, then!
edit} hope this doesn't "paste" poorly} [this kind of "action" during the slow part of the year helps out goobermints collecting sales taxes; follow [some of] the money
GASOLINE RBOB FUT (USd/gal.) 335.170 +9.450 +2.90%SA got more potholes than Manhattan.!!! Where all the OIL monsy is going?
Not in the Shiia neighborhoods, and in the pockets of the OILigarchs
I was trying to pronouce the name of this place and this popped into my head: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0iw89L6aFo Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue. (The Zion's Sleep Well Tonight...)
Lot of sand out there, a big country. Amazing that they haven't found oil all over the place out there. Of course, getting aerial photo's to investigate oil formations is next to impossible. Hey! You don't imagine they're holding out on everyone here now, do you? You don't think there is more oil in that vast desert than you can burn in a thousand years, do you?
LMFAO!!! DO YOU!!!
You damn Skippy, dey r. If the world knew how much oil was out there, the price would drop like a rock. Why do you think we protect the House of Saud like we do. Might we be sharing the same secret? And I don't mean we, as in WE. I mean as in THEM,... you know, those rotten mutherfuckers that have been skull fucking us blind with their convenient oil tax that makes them richer by the barrel.
Does anybody really think that out of all that land, there is only oil in this one spot. Give me a fucking break. That's pure bullshit, and if you think about if for more than a moment, you quickly realize just how much bullshit that really is.... at $110 per barrel and rising.
Wishes are horses, which is why beggars ride.
...
most likely those that controll most of the oil thats already floating in tankers on the sea will profit big
So - this is why QE * x^n is off... FOR NOW...