Saudi-Arabien: Sadad Al Husseini förnekar felaktiga reserver

Som vi alla vet är Saudi-Arabien en av världens hårdaste diktaturer, där opposition, dissidenter etc försvinner in i rättssystemet utan rättegång, torteras och inte sällan avrättas för vanliga brott som t ex häxkonst etc. (Amnesty International, se även sammanställning för 2009)

Med anledning av Wikileaks läcka om Saudi-Arabiens överdrivna oljereserver så har den påstådda källan Dr Sadad al Husseini skickat ut följande dementi som pressmeddelande som man bland annat kan hitta på professor Alekletts blogg. Min fetstil:

“Press Release by Dr. Sadad Al Husseini
February 11, 2011
Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

The US Consulate note issued by Wikileaks in regards to Saudi Aramco’s oil reserves, based on a casual 2007 conversation with me, includes many patently inaccurate statements that have been further amplified by errors in the press.

I do not and did not question in any manner the reported reserves of Saudi Aramco which are in fact based on the highest levels of sound and well established engineering and economic principles and practices. Since Saudi Aramco’s proven oil reserves are 260 billion barrels, there is no way I could have said they are in error by 300 billion barrels, a number that exceeds the actual reserves estimate itself.

In fact the US Consulate staff who approached me socially stated that Saudi Aramco’s published proven reserves should be more than tripled to include non-producible oil and oil that has not even been discovered. I defended Saudi Aramco’s professional practices and official reports and confirmed that Saudi Aramco adheres to the highest levels of accepted industry procedures and practices.

In regards to Saudi Aramco’s oil production capacity, the giant multi-billion dollar expansion projects which were funded in recent years are now all a visible reality for the whole industry to see across the Saudi oil fields. This has been an extraordinary accomplishment by Saudi Aramco and its leadership spanning engineering, construction and operations from Khurais in Central Arabia to Shaybah in the Rub al Khali.
All these oil production projects were completed by the end of 2009 and the Kingdom’s total oil production capacity does in fact now stand firmly at 12.5 million barrels per day.

Sadad Al Husseini”

Så nu vet ni det. Det existerar inga som helst problem och Sadad Al Husseini har aldrig sagt att det har existerat några som helst problem. Det är djupt olyckligt att amerikanska diplomater och UD av misstag fått för sig att han sagt något sådant, vilket han naturligtvis inte har gjort och det är förstås illa av Wikileaks att läcka detta och peka ut en person som aldrig sagt något om att Saudi-Arabien skulle ha några som helst överdrivna oljereserver.

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