US-led air strikes target IS oil refineries in Syria

[Bosonic]

Source: AFP

Washington (AFP) - The United States, joined by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, resumed bombing raids against Islamic State jihadists in Syria on Wednesday, with warplanes targeting oil refineries held by the group, the Pentagon said.

The US-led air strikes for the first time hit oil installations in eastern Syria in a bid to undercut a key source of income for the IS group, which relies on sales from smuggled crude oil to middlemen across the region.

The latest round of air raids focused on 12 targets in eastern Syria, where the IS extremists control small-scale oil refineries, Pentagon spokesman Rear Admiral John Kirby told CNN.

"These 12 targets were what we call modular oil refineries," Kirby said. "They were struck with precision-guided missiles by coalition aircraft. In fact, there were more coalition aircraft in the skies on these particular missions than US (planes)," he said.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/us-led-air-strikes-resume-syria-oil-fields-210146984.html;_ylt=AwrBJR94NCNUCHcAgxrQtDMD

[VanillaRhapsody]

1. that'll leave a mark

Ouch!

[quadrature]

2. translation... $1k oil-still hit by $100K missile

FYI.
Nigeria has thousands of these things
to refine stolen oil

[candelista]

3. Here's a picture of one.

http://mgiprocess.com/modular-refineries.htm

[rollin74]

4. ISIS has been making about 2 million dollars a day from oil revenue

I heard one estimate that these targets struck today were bringing in around $250K per day combined

[KoKo]

6. So...now it gets exploded and is allowed to BURN OUT? How can that be

a good thing going forward?

[KoKo]

5. What kind of Air Pollution is Released by Bombing these Refineries?

If no one can get into repair damage or cap the oil well or pipeline does this just burn forever...releasing pollutants in the air and using up one of our world's dying natural resources?

[Purveyor]

7. I can imagine the 'west' already have the contractors lined up to profit handsomely

with the rebuild once we install our 'stooge' after Assad falls.

However, just like everything else we touch in the ME...it too will turn out to be a clusterfuck.

[daleo]

8. These wars have nothing to do with oil

Quit thinking that. It only looks that way to your lying eyes.

[ronnie624]

9. Absolutely.

Western interventions in the Middle East are meant to help the people there, by fighting terrorism. And, of course, to prevent "ISIS" from launching an invasion of Europe or North America.

[Nihil]

10. The Saudis & other UAE despots really do take the concept of "brand competition" seriously ...

No need for a "price war" when you can get a real one doing your work for you instead
(courtesy of the United Corporations of America and their cronies).

[RussBLib]

11. and I wonder who will get the contracts to rebuild those plants?

Destroying refineries could be a good strategy for cutting off their sources of money.

[J_J_]

12. What an awesome thing to do to the atmosphere!

We are already doubling down on the pollution by bombing the middle east again...

if the war was ranked as a country in terms of annual emissions, it would emit more CO2 each year than 139 of the world’s nations do. Falling between New Zealand and Cuba, the war each year emits more than 60% of all countries on the planet.