U.S. President Barack Obama recently said that currently there is plenty of oil in the world to allow countries to significantly reduce oil imports from Iran, suggesting that the U.S. government will continue to promote a new round of sanctions against Iran.
Obama said the world oil market in the first two months of the year is becoming increasingly tight, the situation continues to this day, this is mainly caused by disruption of oil supply in southern Sudan, Syria, Yemen, Nigeria and other countries, of course, with the international community to reduce Iran's oil imports.
Still, Obama believes that the current global oil supply is sufficient to allow countries to significantly reduced sanctions on Iranian oil imports, this conclusion is taken into account the current global oil demand estimates, in some countries to increase crude oil production as well as existing national oil strategic reserve factors derived.
Meanwhile, in order to lower prices, the United States on the one hand calls for oil-producing countries to expand oil production, on the one hand to discuss the possibility to release emergency strategic petroleum reserve is also working with the United Kingdom, France and other crude oil a major importer.
The threat of high oil prices re-election
Since the beginning of this year, U.S. oil prices soared to a quarter has risen about 20%, almost equal to a gallon a record high of $ 4. The delay in lowering the high oil prices to U.S. domestic seething popular discontent World steel pipe network editing , and even a direct threat to Obama's re-election plans. Recent polls show that 68% of Americans are dissatisfied with Obama's handling of the high gasoline prices.
In response to the unfavorable situationWorld Steel Pipe , Obama the one hand, four oil and clean energy policy, on the other hand, trying to point the finger at the Republicans.
March 29, Obama delivered a speech calling on Congress to abolish the unprecedented huge profit the oil companies subsidies, shortly after the Senate has to vote against the bill a termination of the oil companies $ 4 billion of tax breaks.
Analysts believe that, in sharp contrast to Obama's speech and the Senate rejected, deepened the impression that Republicans only care about the oil companies ", which may prompt some people will anger turned to the Republicans.
Iraq to help Syria tanker
Another source revealed that Iran is helping ally Syria to defy the sanctions in Western countries, Syrian oil a ship destined for a Chinese state-owned enterprises, a move equivalent to give Syrian President Bashar al-Assad about $ 80 million in financial assistance.
Iran itself is the Western countries the object of sanctions is one of Syria's closest ally, had promised to do everything we can to support al-Assad. At present, the Western countries to impose sanctions on Syria, the country's oil industry and the state-owned oil company Sytrol, while the Chinese are not sanctions constraints.
"Syria before the plan directly to Chinese buyers the sale of these oil, but they can not find the tanker vessel." An industry source said that Chinese buyers are Zhuhai Zhen Rong Company, the state-owned enterprises had been subjected to the U.S. in January sanctions.
The week before the EU to implement another round of sanctions against Syria, aimed at further isolation of the country's troubled economy.