Date: May 24th, 2015 12:52 PM Author: Big pearly business firm
Those facilities are very well-guarded and there isn't a single choke-point in the Saudi oil system that would lead to a long-term rise in prices. Also, the shia in Saudi Arabia have been bought off by the kingdom (though admittedly things have gotten so bad in the ME who knows if that deal will last).
Best way to fuck over energy markets is actually to get ISIS to f*ck up Turkey. Turkey is a massive transit hub for Caspian sourced fuel from Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan -- most of which Russia is not making a nickel off of now. A burning oil tanker or two is the Bosporus would send oil back to $100. Two birds with one stone because the Iranians hate the Azeris.
For shits and giggles. Turkish control of its south is miserable because of the Kurds already. Turkish forces live in garrisons that they dont dare leave because between ISIS monkeys and Kurdish monkeys everyone and their uncle would like to kill them. That creates one big lawless hell hole area.
Point? ISIS is a criminal enterprise. They will smuggle dope and weapons and whatever else to make money and this will destabilize southern Turkey and weaken Turkish security organs and in the process create enough nutjobs who decide Erdogan isnt Muslim enough with his new billion dollar palace they they start blowing shit up in Turkey and the newly weakened security system wont be able to stop them.