Nigeria deploys warship off Equatorial Guinea amid coup fears

Nigeria has sent a warship to patrol off the coast of Equatorial Guinea amid allegations that foreign mercenaries are seeking to overthrow the government there, a senior Nigerian official said Thursday.
"It's just to register Nigeria's place as a peacemaking country, a country that delights in peace and tranquility, not only for itself but for its neighbours," said Remi Oyo, spokeswoman for President Olusegun Obasanjo.

The ship was deployed from Nigeria's southeastern port of Calabar last weekend and is now patrolling off Bioko, Equatorial Guinea's main offshore island and the seat of its capital Malabo, according to reports in Nigeria.

http://www.spacewar.com/2004/040318202115.3w7lbui5.html

from tanker to warship

Seriously, what is the US gonna do, overthrow every oil producing nation there is, or ones that are strategically located close to oil? Who in this world is going to protect the innocent peoples of these lands?

I hate to say it but we are scum.

OPEC Membership: 11 total countries

NOTES:
b/d barrels per day
cu m cubic metres
Source OPEC Annual Statistical Bulletin 2001
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OCCUPIED MILITARILY BY THE U.S AND U.K.: 1 country

Iraq:

Population - 23,600,000
Value of petroleum exports - $12,676,000,000
Proven crude oil reserves - 112,500,000,000 barrels
Crude oil production - 2,593,700 b/d
Crude oil exports - 1,710,200 b/d

Nearest U.S. troops: Kuwait, Qatar, UAE, Djibouti, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, & others
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OTHERS CONTROLLED BY THE U.S.: 4 countries

Kuwait:

Population - 2,275,000
Value of petroleum exports - $14,975,000,000
Proven crude oil reserves - 96,500,000,000 barrels
Crude oil production - 1,947,000 b/d
Crude oil exports - 1,214,100 b/d

Nearest U.S. troops: Kuwait, Qatar, UAE, Djibouti, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, & others
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Libya: Has recently settled with survivors of PanAm flight

Population - 5,402,000
Value of petroleum exports - $10,880,000,000
Proven crude oil reserves - 36,000,000,000 barrels
Crude oil production - 1,323,500 b/d
Crude oil exports - 987,600 b/d

Nearest U.S. troops: Europe, Liberia, Egypt, Djibouti
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Qatar:

Population - 580,000
Value of petroleum exports - $6,964,000,000
Proven crude oil reserves - 15,204,000,000 barrels
Crude oil production - 632,900 b/d
Crude oil exports - 605,500 b/d

Nearest U.S. troops: Kuwait, Qatar, UAE, Djibouti, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, & others
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United Arab Emirates (UAE):

Population - 3,280,000
Value of petroleum exports - $22,414,000,000
Proven crude oil reserves - 97,800,000,000 barrels
Crude oil production - 2,114,200 b/d
Crude oil exports - 1,786,700 b/d

Nearest U.S. troops: Kuwait, Qatar, UAE, Djibouti, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, & others
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THREATENED BY THE U.S.: 3 countries

Iran:

Population - 64,583,000
Value of petroleum exports - $21,420,000,000
Proven crude oil reserves - 99,080,000,000 barrels
Crude oil production - 3,572,000 b/d
Crude oil exports - 2,446,000 b/d

Nearest U.S. troops: Kuwait, Qatar, UAE, Djibouti, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, & others
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Nigeria: In an area that is becoming increasingly more unstable

Population: 130,296,000
Value of petroleum exports - $17,188,000,000
Proven crude oil reserves - 31,506,000,000 barrels
Crude oil production - 2,017,600 b/d
Crude oil exports - 2,089,400

Nearest U.S. troops: Liberia, Europe, Egypt, Djibouti,
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Venezuela: Coup attempts backed by U.S. have failed to date

Population - 24,600,000
Value of petroleum exports - $20,300,000,000
Proven crude oil reserves - 77,685,000,000 barrels
Crude oil production - 2,791,900 b/d
Crude oil exports - 1,964,700 b/d

Nearest U.S. troops: Columbia, Cuba, U.S.
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UNDER INCREASING PRESSURE BY THE U.S.: 3 countries

Saudi Arabia:

Population - 20,810,000
Value of petroleum exports - $62,981,000,000
Proven crude oil reserves - 262,697,000,000 barrels
Crude oil production - 7,888,900 b/d
Crude oil exports - 6,035,900 b/d

Nearest U.S. troops: Kuwait, Qatar, UAE, Djibouti, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, & others
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Algeria:

Population - 31,040,000
Value of petroleum exports - $11,790,000,000
Proven crude oil reserves - 11,314,000 barrels
Crude oil production: 776,000 b/d
Crude oil exports - 441,500 b/d

Nearest U.S. troops: Europe, Egypt, Liberia, Djibouti,
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Indonesia:

Population - 213,585,000
Value of petroleum exports - $8,944,000,000
Proven crude oil reserves - 5,123,000,000 barrels
Crude oil production - 1,214,200 b/d
Crude oil exports - 599,200 b/d

Nearest U.S. troops: Japan, South Korea
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