Over the past year, Vietnam and the Philippines have accused Chinese navy craft of harassing oil-exploration vessels operating in their United Nations-defined maritime economic zones.
Not to be confused with either the Strategic Petroleum Reserve or the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), the desolate 23 million acre NPRA region was first established as an oil reserve for the U.S. Navy in 1923.
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Maridive, an offshore-oil-services contractor founded by an ex-navy commando and a petroleum engineer, built its expertise in Egypt's Gulf of Suez oilfields.
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But they can (and will) inflict serious damage and even destroy the oil platforms in the gulf even with our entire NAVY there to protect them.
Abu Musa occupies a commanding position near the mouth of the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world's oil passes under the protective eye of the American navy.
The White House's "America's Gulf Coast: A Plan for Long-Term Recovery in the Aftermath of the BP Oil Spill, " assembled by Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, lays out a vision for community recovery, improving public health, coastal restoration and marine resiliency that can begin to restore the Gulf.
Royal Navy divers assessed the damage and confirmed there were no oil leaks.
Our Navy will then likely take out Iran's missile sites and obliterate its navy if it interferes with our efforts to get the oil flowing again.
That is a shame because power systems built for navy ships are directly applicable to other ships that also currently burn oil.
Thus Rah Ahan is owned by Iran Railways, Naft Tehran by the national oil company, Tractor Sazi by the state tractor firm and Malavan by the navy.
Perhaps the growth in the military budget reflects China's growing wealth and prestige, along with a desire to protect its rising shipments of oil and other commodities: the country seems bent on building a blue-water navy.
With the prospect of OPEC-induced energy shortages off the table, at least in America, political leaders are sure to begin asking why the U.S. Navy is carrying the burden of making sure China has secure sources of oil.
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The big concern in the U.S. is not which country has the largest navy or nuclear arsenal, but whether China, Japan, and the oil exporting nations, will continue to buy U.S. bonds, and hold U.S. dollars in their central bank reserves, happy to be the largest foreign holders of U.S. debt.
The Navy has always led in energy transformations, moving from wind to coal, coal to oil, and then pioneering the use of nuclear power.
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