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.elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<h1>BP &amp; the 100 Year Showdown<\/h1>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cac543c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cac543c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.656;margin-right: 27pt;text-align: justify;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Cabin,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">In 1872 William Knox D&#8217;Arcy had the good sense to marry Elena Birkbeck of Rockhampton, the daughter of a successful mining engineer. After a decent legal career D\u2019Arcy was launched into the world of&nbsp; gold speculating.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.656;margin-right: 27pt;text-align: justify;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Cabin,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">In this, it turned out, he had a special talent.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.656;margin-right: 27pt;text-align: justify;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Cabin,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">By 1889 he was worth \u00a3711,000,000 (in today&#8217;s money). Most decent Englishmen would retire to their country estate to drink gin and smoke cigars when they achieved filthy rich status\u2026&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.656;margin-right: 27pt;text-align: justify;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Cabin,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Turns out this was only D\u2019Arcy\u2019s opening act.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h1 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.3800000000000001;text-align: justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:13.999999999999998pt;font-family:'Source Sans Pro',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Black Gold<\/span><\/h1>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.656;margin-right: 27pt;text-align: justify;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Cabin,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">In 1900 with the help of a few associates and the grand sum of \u00a320,000 (worth ~US$2.9 million today) D\u2019Arcy and crew locked down the oil rights to nearly the entirety of Iran (<\/span><span style=\"font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Cabin,sans-serif;color:#202122;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">1,200,000 km<\/span><span style=\"font-size:13.999999999999998pt;font-family:Cabin,sans-serif;color:#202122;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-size:0.6em;vertical-align:super;\">2<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Cabin,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">). In exchange D&#8217;Arcy promised Iran 50% equity ownership, including 16% of any future net profits.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.656;margin-right: 27pt;text-align: justify;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Cabin,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">&nbsp;In 1908 he struck oil and the money started rolling in.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.656;margin-right: 27pt;text-align: justify;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Cabin,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">But, as Europe descended into World War oil became a strategic resource, prompting the British government to buy a controlling stake in D\u2019Arcy\u2019s venture, effectively nationalizing British oil production in Iran. In 1935 the company was renamed the &#8220;Anglo-Iranian Oil Company&#8221; (AIOC).<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.656;margin-right: 27pt;text-align: justify;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Cabin,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">But\u2026&nbsp; All was not well.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.656;margin-right: 27pt;text-align: justify;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Cabin,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Throughout Iran discontent was brewing over the management of AIOC, seen as a tool of British imperialism.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.656;margin-right: 27pt;text-align: justify;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Cabin,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">The Brits didn\u2019t do themselves any favors; refusing to allow the AIOC\u2019s books to be audited they left the Iranian government with no way of knowing whether they were being paid what they were promised.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.3800000000000001;text-align: justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:13.999999999999998pt;font-family:'Source Sans Pro',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">But that was about to change\u2026<\/span><\/h1>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.656;margin-right: 27pt;text-align: justify;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Cabin,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">In 1951, Mohammad Mosaddegh was elected as the 35th Prime Minister of Iran.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.656;margin-right: 27pt;text-align: justify;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Cabin,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Mosaddegh wouldn\u2019t take no for an answer. When the Brits refused to cooperate, the Iranian parliament voted to nationalize Iran&#8217;s oil industry, including the British-built Abadan oil refinery &#8211; the world&#8217;s largest refinery at the time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.656;margin-right: 27pt;text-align: justify;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Cabin,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">The nationalization of AIOC meant the Iranian government took total control and ownership over the company and its assets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt 0cm;\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-978ffabe-7fff-b76c-d18b-ecf6754221f9\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h1 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.3800000000000001;text-align: justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:13.999999999999998pt;font-family:'Source Sans Pro',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Calling in the Kermit<\/span><\/h1>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-04fa870 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"04fa870\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8adf9d8\" data-id=\"8adf9d8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b9c3b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2b9c3b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"316\" height=\"411\" src=\"https:\/\/resourceinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/CFF94D13C1C149589967CEC6805B6338.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-23210\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/resourceinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/CFF94D13C1C149589967CEC6805B6338.png 316w, https:\/\/resourceinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/CFF94D13C1C149589967CEC6805B6338-231x300.png 231w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 316px) 100vw, 316px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-caf183e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"caf183e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fbb02c4\" data-id=\"fbb02c4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32eb8aa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"32eb8aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.656; margin-right: 27pt; text-align: justify; background-color: #ffffff; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cabin,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">This did not sit well with King &amp; country back in the UK.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.656; margin-right: 27pt; text-align: justify; background-color: #ffffff; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cabin,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Following the nationalization of AIOC, Britain instigated a global boycott of Iranian oil.The UK and US saw Mosaddegh as unreliable and potentially a communist.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.656; margin-right: 27pt; text-align: justify; background-color: #ffffff; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cabin,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Mosaddegh confirmed their fears by dissolving Parliament, giving himself complete control, whilst stripping the Shah (AKA the Iranian King) of any power.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.656; margin-right: 27pt; text-align: justify; background-color: #ffffff; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cabin,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Mosaddegh granted himself total dictatorial power.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.656; margin-right: 27pt; text-align: justify; background-color: #ffffff; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cabin,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">UK prime minister Winston Churchill and the Eisenhower administration now had the excuse they needed to overthrow Mosaddegh&#8217;s government and put AIOC back in the hands of Western business owners. The Shah (Reza Shah Pahlavi), who had been reluctant to support the CIA&#8217;s demand for a coup, finally agreed to support it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.656; margin-right: 27pt; text-align: justify; background-color: #ffffff; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cabin,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">In 1953, Mosaddegh&#8217;s government was overthrown by MI6 and the CIA, in an operation led by Kermit Roosevelt Jr. (President Theodore Roosevelt\u2019s grandson).<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.656; margin-right: 27pt; text-align: justify; background-color: #ffffff; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cabin,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Following the coup, the Shah reigned as leader of Iran and implemented a series of economic, social, and political reforms. He was the founding father of modern Iran as he replaced Islamic law with western law, and forbade traditional Islamic clothing, separation of the sexes, and veiling of women (hijab).<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.656; margin-right: 27pt; text-align: justify; background-color: #ffffff; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cabin,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Yes, yes, he was still a dictator, but he was OUR dictator! And most importantly he let the Brits keep their oil!<\/span><\/p><h1 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.3800000000000001; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Oil &amp; Policy<\/span><\/h1><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.656; margin-right: 27pt; text-align: justify; background-color: #ffffff; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cabin,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">In 1954, Anglo-Iranian Oil Company was renamed once again; to the British Petroleum Company\u00a0 or \u201cBP.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.656; margin-right: 27pt; text-align: justify; background-color: #ffffff; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cabin,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">When the Shah took power, the British-led oil embargo ended and oil revenues ripped.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.656; margin-right: 27pt; text-align: justify; background-color: #ffffff; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cabin,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">The Anglo-Iranian Oil Company\u2019s monopoly was replaced with a group of corporations that included British Petroleum and eight European and and American companies &#8211; called the Oil Consortium Agreement.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.656; margin-right: 27pt; text-align: justify; background-color: #ffffff; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cabin,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Oil revenues increased from $34 million in 1954\/55 to $181 million in 1956\/57.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.656; margin-right: 27pt; text-align: justify; background-color: #ffffff; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cabin,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Not bad for 24-months work.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.656; margin-right: 27pt; text-align: justify; background-color: #ffffff; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cabin,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">As might be expected Iran began to develop rapidly. Reforms resulted in decades of sustained economic growth that made it one of the fastest growing economies in the world. Growth that exceeded the United States, Britain, and France. All\u00a0 while national income rose 423X.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt 0cm;\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-0184d973-7fff-1a20-21a0-5c2a8188aaee\"><\/span><\/p><h1 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.3800000000000001; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">But\u2026 All good things come to an end.<\/span><\/h1>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e4cec6f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e4cec6f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cc6c840\" data-id=\"cc6c840\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9b9b1c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c9b9b1c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/resourceinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/58E6C86ACD894E688A6E16D465BFDFEC.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-23208\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/resourceinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/58E6C86ACD894E688A6E16D465BFDFEC.png 624w, https:\/\/resourceinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/58E6C86ACD894E688A6E16D465BFDFEC-300x168.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2fbe3bf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2fbe3bf\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-136a444\" data-id=\"136a444\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b910190 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b910190\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.656; margin-right: 27pt; text-align: justify; background-color: #ffffff; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cabin,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Nobody likes a dictator\u2026 especially one whose reign has the look of a lavish orgy. Eventually the Shah\u2019s total power led to resentment internally and externally.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h1 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.3800000000000001; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Crisis #1<\/span><\/h1><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.656; margin-right: 27pt; text-align: justify; background-color: #ffffff; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cabin,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Externally, The US stopped supporting the Shah when Iran supported OPEC\u2019s (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) 1973 oil embargo. This embargo caused the <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cabin,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">first oil crisis<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cabin,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">, causing\u00a0 oil to jump from\u00a0 $3\/bbl to $12\/bbl.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.656; margin-right: 27pt; text-align: justify; background-color: #ffffff; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cabin,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">After the embargo in 1973, the Shah faced further tensions with the US after announcing he would not renew the consortium&#8217;s agreement, and planned to nationalize Iranian oil in 1979.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.656; margin-right: 27pt; text-align: justify; background-color: #ffffff; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cabin,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Internally, the Shah&#8217;s regime was seen as oppressive, brutal, corrupt, and lavish. The Shah was perceived by many as beholden to non-Muslim Western powers (i.e., the United States)&#8230; which makes sense, because he was.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h1 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.3800000000000001; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Out goes the money, in comes the zealots.<\/span><\/h1><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.656; margin-right: 27pt; text-align: justify; background-color: #ffffff; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cabin,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">In 1975, oil prices dropped sharply and crushed Iran economically. Things deteriorated quickly due to high inflation and the country\u2019s inability to pay back its debts (sound familiar?).\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.656; margin-right: 27pt; text-align: justify; background-color: #ffffff; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cabin,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Eventually, internal resentment led to the Iranian\/Islamic Revolution in 1979 which replaced the Shah\u2019s government with an Islamic anti-Western totalitarian theocracy under the rule of Ayatollah Khomeini.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h1 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.3800000000000001; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Crisis #2<\/span><\/h1><p style=\"line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt 0cm;\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-43fb9b02-7fff-7eb8-14c6-a078640e16b3\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cabin, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">This\u00a0 led to the <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cabin, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">1979\/second oil crisis<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cabin, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">. During the second oil crisis, the fall of Iranian production led to a 4% drop in global oil production, which sent prices higher once again. Prices rose from $14\/bbl to $39\/bbl.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f2d04a6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f2d04a6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fdaf76e\" data-id=\"fdaf76e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4da9d9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c4da9d9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"391\" src=\"https:\/\/resourceinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AF68EE8A63034D52947D6FCC50DD196F.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-23209\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/resourceinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AF68EE8A63034D52947D6FCC50DD196F.png 624w, https:\/\/resourceinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AF68EE8A63034D52947D6FCC50DD196F-300x188.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1a6635f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1a6635f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-66d082b\" data-id=\"66d082b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3268289 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3268289\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.3800000000000001; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">TODAY: A new wave of protests.<\/span><\/h1><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.656; margin-right: 27pt; text-align: justify; background-color: #ffffff; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cabin,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Protests in Iran have been going on for the past several weeks following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.656; margin-right: 27pt; text-align: justify; background-color: #ffffff; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cabin,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Amini was visiting family in Tehran, where she was arrested by Iran&#8217;s &#8220;Guidance Patrol\u201d for wearing an \u201cinappropriate\u201d hijab. Amini was transferred to the &#8220;Moral Security&#8221; agency, which informed her brother she would be attending a &#8220;briefing class&#8221;, and released shortly after.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.656; margin-right: 27pt; text-align: justify; background-color: #ffffff; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cabin,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Amini never made it out.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.656; margin-right: 27pt; text-align: justify; background-color: #ffffff; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cabin,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Kasra Hospital announced Amini&#8217;s death after being in a coma for three days, saying she was brain dead on arrival. Police claim she died from a heart issue, but all evidence points to police brutality as the cause of death.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.656; margin-right: 27pt; text-align: justify; background-color: #ffffff; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cabin,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Anger (rightfully) swept through Iran following Amini&#8217;s death, with people risking taking the streets in defiance.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.656; margin-right: 27pt; text-align: justify; background-color: #ffffff; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cabin,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Women burnt their hijabs, cut their hair and screamed &#8220;Women, life, freedom&#8221; and &#8220;Death to the dictator&#8221; .<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.656; margin-right: 27pt; text-align: justify; background-color: #ffffff; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cabin,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Viva La Revolution!<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.656; margin-right: 27pt; text-align: justify; background-color: #ffffff; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cabin,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">This response is unprecedented for the last 40 years. The movement is quickly turningfrom protest to<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cabin,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> revolution<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cabin,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.656; margin-right: 27pt; text-align: justify; background-color: #ffffff; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cabin,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">The current regime knows this and is responding with censorship and brutality.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.656; margin-right: 27pt; text-align: justify; background-color: #ffffff; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cabin,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">According to human rights groups, hundreds of protesters have been killed by government officials.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.656; margin-right: 27pt; text-align: justify; background-color: #ffffff; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cabin,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">What comes next?<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.656; margin-right: 27pt; text-align: justify; background-color: #ffffff; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cabin,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">If Khameni\u2019s regime survives, then the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), commonly known as the Iran nuclear deal, is almost certainly dead. The most recent discussions ended with German leaders saying that Iran\u2019s nuclear deal with world powers \u201chas no future and is not in line with reality\u201d, also stating that they will not negotiate \u201cwith an inhuman regime that is completely rejected by its own people and has no legitimacy whatsoever.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.656; margin-right: 27pt; text-align: justify; background-color: #ffffff; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cabin,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Khameni stated that \u201c[The West] feel that the country [Iran] is progressing towards full-scale power and they can\u2019t tolerate this.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.656; margin-right: 27pt; text-align: justify; background-color: #ffffff; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cabin,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Under the JCPOA Iran agreed to dismantle much of its nuclear program and open its facilities to extensive international inspections in exchange for billions of dollars worth of sanctions relief.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.656; margin-right: 27pt; text-align: justify; background-color: #ffffff; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cabin,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">If the Iran nuclear deal dies, It is very possible Iran will charge full steam ahead towards building a nuclear bomb &#8211; strategically it will be their best insurance policy against invasion (think Russia and Ukrain). However, there is a very serious risk that Israel would launch a preemptive strike against Iran.<\/span><\/p><h1 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.3800000000000001; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Crisis #3?<\/span><\/h1><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.656; margin-right: 27pt; text-align: justify; background-color: #ffffff; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cabin,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Beyond the very scary prospect of a brutal theocratic dictator having a nuke, a revolution in Iran would likely disrupt the global supply of oil for a third time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.656; margin-right: 27pt; text-align: justify; background-color: #ffffff; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cabin,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine has thrown global energy supplies off balance, and a revolution in Iran has the potential to throw fuel on the fire.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.656; margin-right: 27pt; text-align: justify; background-color: #ffffff; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cabin,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Russia and Iran are the world\u2019s third and seventh largest oil producing countries; supply disruptions from either nation have major implications for energy markets.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.656; margin-right: 27pt; text-align: justify; background-color: #ffffff; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cabin,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Spare capacity in global oil production has fallen to exceptionally low levels &#8211; meaning the world doesn\u2019t have the ability to easily or quickly increase oil production in a meaningful way.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"mso-line-height-alt: 14.25pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt 0cm;\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-8876f8c8-7fff-da1d-43d2-c2e14a337b9d\"><\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.656; margin-right: 27pt; text-align: justify; background-color: #ffffff; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cabin,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Global spare production capacity has shrunk to just 1.5% of global consumption according to Saudi Aramco, leaving the market vulnerable to shocks from unexpectedly strong consumption\/demand or any disruption to production\/supply.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt 0cm;\"><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d8092a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d8092a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"495\" src=\"https:\/\/resourceinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Spare-Capacity-1024x495.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-23207\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/resourceinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Spare-Capacity-1024x495.png 1024w, https:\/\/resourceinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Spare-Capacity-300x145.png 300w, https:\/\/resourceinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Spare-Capacity-768x371.png 768w, https:\/\/resourceinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Spare-Capacity-1536x742.png 1536w, https:\/\/resourceinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Spare-Capacity.png 1699w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13d1ca1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"13d1ca1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.3800000000000001; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Where will new production come from?<\/span><\/h1><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.656; margin-right: 27pt; text-align: justify; background-color: #ffffff; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cabin,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Between 2010 &#8211; 2019 U.S. shale producers accounted for nearly the total increase in global crude production. Today these shale companies are opting to limit growth and enjoy higher profits from existing production. The majority of their land producing the cheapest oil has seemingly been drilled.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.656; margin-right: 27pt; text-align: justify; background-color: #ffffff; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cabin,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Until there is an oil exploration boom, the world may be out of \u201ccheap\u201d oil. Leaving the future supply of oil and gas in a precarious state.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.656; margin-right: 27pt; text-align: justify; background-color: #ffffff; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cabin,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">As Churchill said: \u201cNever let a good crisis go to waste.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt 0cm;\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-35559f8f-7fff-1b39-d9dd-253c4cee160a\"><\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.656; margin-right: 27pt; text-align: justify; background-color: #ffffff; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cabin,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">It\u2019s time for investors, and ANYONE hoping to protect their hard earned capital, to start thinking seriously about their portfolios energy exposure.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-013408e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"013408e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d5177e5\" data-id=\"d5177e5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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