Posted on 09/24/2014 4:34:04 PM PDT by plain talk
U.S. and coalition warplanes pounded ISIS positions in eastern Syria on Wednesday, targeting what a Pentagon official described as mobile oil refineries being used by the so-called Islamic State terror group.
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I think it has to do with getting rid of Assad, as much as showing that America is going against ISIS. I certainly wouldn’t bomb those refineries. I would send in special forces and turn them over to Assads forces. Assad needs to be left in control. Otherwise any stability Syria has left will go down the drain. Much like Iraq, Libya, and what Obama tried with Egypt.
It’s obvious that Obama wants to destabilize, probably to bring about a caliphate.
More Pin Pricks—we need a robust air war! This isn’t a way to run a railroad. We need to hit them hard and fast! Want to wait til they cut off more heads or take Baghdad? Want to wait for more terror? wait till they release poison gas in Iraq? Or Paris? or New York? Obamas wag the dog war will see a pilot fall into the hands of the IS and we can watch as he is decapitated. war is Hell Obama—you must wage it or step down. This aint a police action.
Our military forces should bomb all of the oil facilities in Iran, Syria and Iraq.
These supposed strikes, still are not hitting the Bekaa. Why?
How about, you know, bomb the terrorists?
I think it a few small modular units to make a very small distillation column. It like produces more waste than transportation fuel. But the waste may be burned to create the heat for distillation.
Tiny, topping plant. But only guessing...
The warplanes hit 12 modular oil refineries located in remote areas of eastern Syria, the Defense Department said. U.S. officials said the latest airstrikes on Wednesday aimed at cutting off a key source of income for Islamic State forces, which smuggle oil from captured Syrian infrastructure and sell it on the black market.
U.S., Allies Target Islamic State Oil Assets
http://online.wsj.com/articles/u-s-led-air-campaign-against-islamic-state-in-syria-resumes-monitors-say-1411561448?tesla=y&mg=reno64-wsj&url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10349853011903034570704580173792712450132.html
Officials said the strikes wouldn’t target fixed oil fields, a precaution intended to minimize the potential for environmental damage. The U.S. instead targeted small capacity mobile refineries used by Islamic State around northeastern Raqqa province and other locations in eastern Syria, officials said.
The modular refineries produce between 300 and 500 barrels of refined oil a day, the defense department said in a statement. The military said that initial indications were that the strikes were successful. The make-shift refineries are located near the towns of Al-Mayadeen and Albukamal in the eastern oil-rich province of Deir Ezzour and in adjacent al-Hasakah province, the Defense Department said.
Islamic State uses the mobile refineries to process oil from the Syrian fields into diesel fuel. The diesel fuel is then smuggled across the border into Turkey.
Thanks!
From the following article:
http://abcnews.go.com/International/us-led-planes-strike-isis-oil-facilities-syria/story?id=25739334
Centcom said the refineries produce an estimated 300 to 500 barrels of refined oil a day that generate as much as $2 million a day for ISIS.
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I call BS. If this is the source of the the $2 million a day, it was more likely a tenth of that amount. Math ain’t that hard; they are not getting $500/barrel.
When is Obama going to start bombing North Dakota?
Some of the earlier articles from a few months back led me to believe that most of their oil income came from a protection racket they were running on various Syrian refineries.
(nice little refinery you got there,
be a shame if something were to happen to it)
I’ve seen several news articles link the $2 million/day to these refineries. Reporting is so sad these days.
This helps no doubt, but it was likely only a tenth of what income they were bringing in.
Ha! You would think....but, no, in upside-down, BizarroWorld, they're actually defending him to the nth.
They're somehow managing to BlameBush™....saying 0bomba has to go in and clean up the mess Bush started. At least that's what a lib friend said to me.
Increased gas prices and purposely jacking up Syria’s infrastructure. The war with Syria that Eboma did not get a year ago, is “justified” now.
Bingo! Your post Nailed It
Notice that the noun, “refineries” is used in the plural. Anyone of them produces between 300 and 500 barrels per day. With oil at $100/barrel that’s about $40,000 bucks per unit. With 50 such units they could easily produce $2,000,000 a day. Few units, fewer dollars.
Crude oil is at $100/barrel, but that's not what refineries produce. The crude oil goes in and gasoline and various other grades of fuel and lubricating oils (worth considerably more than the original crude oil) comes out.
>>I think it a few small modular units to make a very small distillation column...Tiny, topping plant. But only guessing...<<
OK, now you've done it!
Time to roll out the "E-Z Cracker 5000" home distillation unit.
Ska-rew the terrorists! With crude hovering around 90 bucks, you too can make your own gasoline and diesel in the comfort of your own backyard.
With the profits gained from the sale of your non-fuel distillates, you can most likely have FREE GASOLINE!
It pays for itself in NO TIME!
The E-Z Cracker 5000!
(of course it's probably racist)
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