LNG
Ukraine war-Nord knock out.
Iran war-Qatar LNG production hit by Iran
Europe now depends on US LNG at high over priced LNG.
By making oil and gas expensive in Europe and Asia, the U.S. force companies to choose between closing shop or moving to America.
Levantine basin gas field off Gaza coast-Palestine had no money to develop it. Now under Israeli control. Chevron & Israel have a deal now to develop it.
Perhaps the Gaza genocide isn’t about Hamas attacks & hostages but LNG?
Chevron now has moved on to Syria.
Before the war, Syria were entirely self-sufficient in oil and gas. Today, that sovereignty is gone. Syrians are rationed to just a few hours of electricity a day and forced to buy their entire supply from Turkey — the very state that helped dismantle their own — while Chevron pipe Syria’s offshore wealth straight to Europe.
But the Chevron corporate blitzkrieg didn’t stop there.
As the Syria deal was being finalized, Chevron secured yet another gas deal with Greece that very same month, then another with Cyprus in April. Everything was linked.
Washington had now constructed an American artery, running from the Levant, to Cyprus, to Greece. The gas, the plumbing and the leases all set — not to mention, an additional LNG exit via Egypt.
The northern gas corridor from Russia was now dead, and a new one — almost perfectly symmetrical — built in its place by a U.S. corporation. The final nail in Nord Stream’s coffin.
Controlling Europe and weakening Russia was, however, only the beginning. The real target is China.
China are too big and competitive for the U.S. to destroy. Washington’s goal is to control them instead.
By cutting off Beijing’s most vital fuel sources, the U.S. want to force a total dependency on American energy. This creates the leverage needed to guarantee the Dollar’s survival while undermining BRICS, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), and multipolarity.
China receive around 1/3 of their oil from Venezuela, Russia, and Iran combined —partnerships they consider strategic. The United States proceeded to target all three in the last 90 days with increasing escalation.
Maritime Action Plan (MAP)
This document was published by the White House in February 2026 — in the same period as every other major event of this blitzkrieg. It is a strategic policy blueprint outlining America’s transition to a naval power.
It mandates that a growing percentage of strategic cargo be eventually carried on U.S.-built vessels. This includes the entire fleet of LNG traders — a ridiculous amount of ships, given the U.S. are already the world’s #1 exporter, and just further consolidated their control over the market.
It also applies to any cargo entering the country, including oil. Around 40 percent of oil refined in the States is sourced abroad — so once again, the U.S. leverage their position as the world’s top refiner to extort the planet and generate an additional windfall of cash.
Protection Racket
Finally, Donald Trump announced what essentially amounts to a bodyguard service; offering to protect ships at a “very reasonable price” via the U.S. Navy. This adds the final layer to the monopoly in the form of a protection racket.
There’s no need to really point out the irony of this: as the only actual threat to freedom of navigation on the high seas is the very power offering to “protect” it.
Fanciful conspiracy theory? Or a strategic move by USA
Certainly different from Zeihan’s belief of US withdrawal of naval trade guarantee and deglobalization of world trade
You read and decide.
