Oil war

Since humanity is so dependent on petroleum fuel, many conflicts have broken out over its production and consumption.

An oil war is a conflict about petroleum resources, or their transportation, consumption, or regulation.

The term may also refer generally to any conflict in a region that contains oil reserves or is geographically positioned in a location where an entity has or may wish to develop production or transportation infrastructure for petroleum products. It is also used to refer to any of a number of specific oil wars.

List of wars described as oil wars

During First World War (1914-1919), certain operations were planned specifically to secure oil resources.^[1]
Chaco War (1932–1935)
World War II (1939–1945):
Events leading to the attack on Pearl Harbor (1941–1945)
The Biafran War, also known as the Nigerian Civil War (1967–1970)
The Saddam Hussein Wars
- Iran–Iraq War (1980–1988)^[2]
- Gulf War (1990–1991)
  - Gulf War oil spill
  - Kuwaiti oil fires
- The Iraqi no-fly zones conflicts (1992–2003) ^[3]
- Iraq War (2003–2011)
  - Rationale for the Iraq War#Oil
Conflict in the Niger Delta (2004–)
Heglig Crisis, South Sudan–Sudan border conflict (2012)
Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War (2015–)

References

↑ Timothy C. Winegard, The First World Oil War. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2016.
↑ Brogan, Patrick (1989). World Conflicts: A Comprehensive Guide to World Strife Since 1945. London: Bloomsbury.
↑ Iraq Sanctions: Humanitarian Implications and Options for the Future; Global Policy Forum; August 6, 2002; "The United States and the United Kingdom, who use their veto power to prolong the sanctions, bear special responsibility for the UN action. No-fly zones, periodic military attacks, and threats of regime-change block peaceful outcomes, as do vilification of Saddam Hussein, pro-sanctions propaganda, and other politicization of the crisis. Though real concerns about Iraq's security threat undoubtedly are legitimate, commercial interests, especially control over Iraq's oil resources, appear to be a driving force behind much of the policy making."

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[1] Timothy C. Winegard, The First World Oil War. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2016.

[iraniraq1-2] Brogan, Patrick (1989). World Conflicts: A Comprehensive Guide to World Strife Since 1945. London: Bloomsbury.

[3] Iraq Sanctions: Humanitarian Implications and Options for the Future; Global Policy Forum; August 6, 2002; "The United States and the United Kingdom, who use their veto power to prolong the sanctions, bear special responsibility for the UN action. No-fly zones, periodic military attacks, and threats of regime-change block peaceful outcomes, as do vilification of Saddam Hussein, pro-sanctions propaganda, and other politicization of the crisis. Though real concerns about Iraq's security threat undoubtedly are legitimate, commercial interests, especially control over Iraq's oil resources, appear to be a driving force behind much of the policy making."

Oil war

List of wars described as oil wars

See also

References