I would have thought that the point of these exercises was to drive costs up, not make things utterly impossible. The world, sadly, still needs all that oil fr

I would have thought that the point of these exercises was to drive costs up, not make things utterly impossible. The world, sadly, still needs all that oil from everywhere, to keep the economy / ship of fools from running aground. An ideal outcome is Russia sells the oil at a steep discount, has less free cash to buy chips to put in munitions, and the rest of the world has enough oil to keep the general population from rioting in the streets because eggs are too expensive.