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Certainly, the greatest added value of US energy diplomacy is having seats at the
table. Having access to top-level representatives from other countries is worthwhile
to share views. These interactions provide an opportunity to respond to other issues
(a multipurpose diplomatic diary, where energy is just one issue). Many successes
in these processes depend on those who share information and agree on collective
and long-term goals, which, of course, are highly susceptible to inefficiencies and
sabotage as well as time. Measuring the success of US energy diplomacy is difficult,
and failure is not an abnormal result. If information and lessons can be effectively
distributed among government bureaucracies, there is potential benefit in advancing
wider foreign policy goals (Boersma and Johnson 2018:21).
Obama and Oil Export Ban
George Baker, “Executive Director of the Producers for American Crude Oil
Exports,” after ratifying the abolition of the 40-year ban on crude oil exports in
December 2015, revealed the underlying policy and behind-the-scenes policy of the
strategy: “Now that we have planted the game, the United States finally has the
opportunity to realize the full potential of the country as a superpower of energy”
(www.sharghdaily.com 2019).
New developments in the global energy market have created a new world in
terms of unconventional energy flows and the geopolitical change of energy around
the world. The importance of oil was due to the great powers in the oil-rich regions
so that each of the great powers in the Middle East and the Caucasus, had developed
a strategy for domination of these regions. The competition of the two main world
powers also intensified the need for domination of these areas. The famous statement by Richard Nixon, the former US president, makes sense:
In the current era, the military and economic strength of each country depends on its full
dependence on oil. As a result, the Gulf region will be the source of many incidents in the
twentieth century. If the Soviet Union gains the power to close the tanks of the Middle East,
there will surely be power for the West’s industrialized nations. (https://www.tfpsq.net/fa/
2018)
The introduction of unusual energy into the market, on the one hand, has dealt
with the problem of energy concentration in a particular region and, on the other
hand, challenges the “end of oil” theory. Reducing the dependence on imported
energy is as far as the US National Security Strategy document of 2015 specifically
says: “The global energy market has changed dramatically. The United States is
now the largest producer of natural gas and oil. Our dependence on foreign oil has
reached its lowest level in the last twenty years and is still falling. In addition, developing countries will use more energy than developed countries, and this will change
the flow of energy and consumer relations” (Thomas 2014a, b:6).
Estimates suggest that shale oil production will face a major challenge in the
long run, not in the short to medium term if oil prices decline and contraction policies are adopted by major oil exporters like Saudi Arabia, such as was seen in July
Obama and Oil Export Ban
Certainly, the greatest added value of US energy diplomacy is having seats at the
table. Having access to top-level representatives from other countries is worthwhile
to share views. These interactions provide an opportunity to respond to other issues
(a multipurpose diplomatic diary, where energy is just one issue). Many successes
in these processes depend on those who share information and agree on collective
and long-term goals, which, of course, are highly susceptible to inefficiencies and
sabotage as well as time. Measuring the success of US energy diplomacy is difficult,
and failure is not an abnormal result. If information and lessons can be effectively
distributed among government bureaucracies, there is potential benefit in advancing
wider foreign policy goals (Boersma and Johnson 2018:21).
Obama and Oil Export Ban
George Baker, “Executive Director of the Producers for American Crude Oil
Exports,” after ratifying the abolition of the 40-year ban on crude oil exports in
December 2015, revealed the underlying policy and behind-the-scenes policy of the
strategy: “Now that we have planted the game, the United States finally has the
opportunity to realize the full potential of the country as a superpower of energy”
(www.sharghdaily.com 2019).
New developments in the global energy market have created a new world in
terms of unconventional energy flows and the geopolitical change of energy around
the world. The importance of oil was due to the great powers in the oil-rich regions
so that each of the great powers in the Middle East and the Caucasus, had developed
a strategy for domination of these regions. The competition of the two main world
powers also intensified the need for domination of these areas. The famous statement by Richard Nixon, the former US president, makes sense:
In the current era, the military and economic strength of each country depends on its full
dependence on oil. As a result, the Gulf region will be the source of many incidents in the
twentieth century. If the Soviet Union gains the power to close the tanks of the Middle East,
there will surely be power for the West’s industrialized nations. (https://www.tfpsq.net/fa/
2018)
The introduction of unusual energy into the market, on the one hand, has dealt
with the problem of energy concentration in a particular region and, on the other
hand, challenges the “end of oil” theory. Reducing the dependence on imported
energy is as far as the US National Security Strategy document of 2015 specifically
says: “The global energy market has changed dramatically. The United States is
now the largest producer of natural gas and oil. Our dependence on foreign oil has
reached its lowest level in the last twenty years and is still falling. In addition, developing countries will use more energy than developed countries, and this will change
the flow of energy and consumer relations” (Thomas 2014a, b:6).
Estimates suggest that shale oil production will face a major challenge in the
long run, not in the short to medium term if oil prices decline and contraction policies are adopted by major oil exporters like Saudi Arabia, such as was seen in July
Obama and Oil Export Ban