Americans are so good at playing!
The latest news: In September 14, the United States reportedly considered the news of replenishing strategic oil reserves when crude oil fell below $80! According to informed sources, when the price of crude oil falls below $80 per barrel, the United States may begin to replenish its emergency oil reserves. According to sources, Biden administration officials are considering the opportunity to take such actions, hoping to protect the growth of US oil production and prevent crude oil prices from plummeting.
Latest news: According to the data released by the US Department of Energy in September 12, the US strategic oil reserve decreased by more than 8 million barrels to 434 million barrels last week, the lowest level since June 1984.
In the week ending September 9, the US strategic oil reserve recorded its biggest weekly decline since May. The reduced crude oil includes 6.3 million barrels of low-sulfur crude oil and about 2 million barrels of high-sulfur crude oil.
Update: Jennifer Granholm, the US Secretary of Energy, said last week that the Biden administration is considering whether it is necessary to further release SPR after the current plan ends in June 5438+00. A spokesman for the US Department of Energy later said that the White House did not consider releasing oil on the basis of 654.38+0.8 billion barrels.
Analysts said that oil prices will remain high in the medium and long term, and it is expected that energy resources will be in a long boom cycle in the next 3-5 years. 20 15-202 1 global crude oil upstream investment is insufficient. The rebound of 202 1 oil price has not greatly boosted the upstream capital expenditure, and the conflict between Russia and Ukraine has disrupted the supply, resulting in the current tight supply of crude oil.
The military department's analysis of this important information is as follows-
1, in 2022, international crude oil has obviously become the home of the financial war, and almost all big countries are playing games with the United States at this table, but the United States still succeeded in "sitting big" in the crude oil market with its strong economic strength and abundant crude oil reserves.
Originally, Russia wanted to grab Russia and the United States; The United States denied it. After the start of the Russian-Ukrainian war, the United States decisively announced that it would take out 654.38+0.8 billion barrels of strategic crude oil reserves to suppress it, and then sell it at a high level. Unexpectedly, the whole EU followed the United States to sell strategic crude oil reserves, and then small countries such as Japan and South Korea began to sell strategic crude oil reserves.
When these countries are almost suicidal, the United States suddenly announced yesterday that as long as the oil price falls below $80, the United States will start to recover crude oil to avoid a sharp drop in oil prices.
Then if the whole plan is successful, it is obvious that the United States has regained control of the pricing power of the crude oil market. Obviously, even the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries have been played by the United States, which is a very terrible thing for the crude oil market.
We noticed that the inflection point of the whole crude oil price was Biden's visit to Saudi Arabia in July, and then he communicated with the Crown Prince and the King of Saudi Arabia. Although there were many frictions and sparks in the communication process, the final result was that Saudi Arabia succumbed to American authority. The United States said that increasing production will increase production, and the United States said that reducing production will reduce production; In the end, the United States indirectly controlled the oil-producing countries in the Middle East by controlling Saudi Arabia.
3. This also shows that the meeting between the United States and the Saudi Crown Prince is actually more useful than how many wars Russia has fought in Ukraine. Russia played for a long time, but the peaches were picked by the United States. The United States sold 654.38 billion barrels of oil at a high level, earning a lot of money, and then the oil price fell below 80 dollars and bought it back. That means that the United States has made money again, and it can make money just by doing futures and spot. So when the crops in the oil market are more comfortable than the printing press; In this context, we expect that the game in the crude oil market will be more intense, because as far as Russia is concerned, it certainly does not want the crude oil it controls to be taken over by the United States.
Therefore, it is very crucial for Russia to win a real victory in the battlefield in Ukraine, otherwise it will not be his turn to license in the crude oil market or challenge the United States. The push by the United States and the European Union to limit the price of Russian oil has just hit Russia's soft spot. Therefore, if Russia wants to gain more voice, it must defeat its opponent on the battlefield in Ukraine and give NATO a duel! Only in this way can we really return to the energy table and play our own value.
To sum up briefly-
We know very well that all the arrangements of the United States are for dollar hegemony, and the system of dollar and oil is the root of dollar hegemony.
Although the United States is fully developing clean energy and new energy, it is trying to play a game with China in the new battlefield; However, under the dollar oil hegemony system, the United States is still deeply rooted and has many resources and advantages.
If China really wants to shake the foundation of the dollar-oil hegemony system, it must cooperate better with Russia, and then unite the countries in the Middle East to fight against the dollar, so as to have a chance to make a comeback. This struggle is really soul-stirring, and I hope to have a good result in the end.