A Hop Skip And a Jump Away From a Global Energy Crises

 

Every day we move closer to losing oil from major producers due to embargoes and escalating war. On the list of at risk oil supplies are:

Russia: 4,000,000 BPD

Iran: 3,259,000 BPD

Venezuela : 1,000,000  BPD

Iraq:  northern routes through Syria 2,500,000 BPD

Syria: 400,000 BPD

Total amounts of oil from or through war torn countries is 11,429,000 BPD. Of course not all of that oil is a risk.  But consider this world oil demand is around 100,000,000 BPD OPEC + produces  30,000,000 BPD or 30% of world oil consumption.  1/3  of that production comes from at risk suppliers listed above. Or 10% of world consumption.

Global spare oil capacity is only 5,000,000 BPD at best . With 3,000,000 of claimed spare capacity held by Saudi Arabia. Most likely the real number is half that

Punchline:  If just hall of oil embargoes proposed and threatened  take affect  the oil lost to the market will absorb total spare oil capacity and them sum.

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