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Oil in Africa

By Sean Sirrine

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Looks like we're already looking for new ways to use our military in order to control oil.

From the Asia Times:


In recognition of "the emerging strategic importance of Africa", President George W Bush in February 2007 ordered the creation of AFRICOM, the US Africa Command.


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"A key mission for US forces [in Africa] would be to insure that Nigeria's oilfields, which in the future could account for as much as 25% of all US oil imports, are secure," explains General Charles Wald, deputy commander of US forces in Europe in an interview with Wall Street Journal writer Greg Jaffe.


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Africa, with almost 10% of the world's remaining oil, is an area of increasing activity for both Big Oil and the US military. Between 2000 and 2007, US imports of oil from Africa increased by 65%, from 1.6 million to 2.7 million barrels a day, according to the US Department of Energy. These imports, in turn, accounted for a growing percentage of all US oil imports: increasing from 14.5% in 2000 to 20% in 2007. Both trends are expected to accelerate in the future.

Full post as published by Objective Justice on June 18, 2008 (boomark / email).

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