Is it only me or I am not the only one worried about what can happen with such a big high-value sitting duck?
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There are hundreds of tankers out there just like it. Plus, an attack on one would hurt nature more than anything else.
Prior to 2001 I would seek a financial justification for such attacks. Sadly, we can no longer count on such rational behaviour.
Prospectus: PotG, Inc. ("Pirates of the Gulf") will take the proven Somali piracy business model into the Gulf of Mexico.
We will use using occasional hijackings to extort protection money from supertanker owners.
Competitive threats: US Navy.
I imagine it's hard to steal 2 million barrels of oil.
I imagine it's hard to steal 2 million barrels of oil.
Someone did it, just the other day. http://news.google.com/news?q=pirate+tanker
The tanker's capture in November sparked fears for its enormous cargo. The Liberian-flagged tanker was carrying 2 million barrels of crude oil worth about ...