The US side said on August 10 local time that Trump announced the signing of a "development agreement for Pakistan's oil reserves" between Pakistan and the US. However, the US poured cold water on this, as most of Pakistan's oil has not been explored. It is claimed that the exploitable oil reserves in Pakistan may be as high as 9.1 billion barrels, but this number is somewhat exaggerated. Currently, the oil production in Pakistan is less than 100,000 barrels, far below the level of general oil-producing countries, and even fails to meet the country's own energy needs, requiring large imports of energy from neighboring Iran. This is met with skepticism. Pakistan having such a good project would not go unnoticed by China. Moreover, such large projects are not monopolized by one party; they usually involve at least three parties, for example, the Pakistani state takes a portion, Western and European oil companies take a share, and Chinese enterprises take another portion. If the US purchases a large amount of oil from Pakistan, without investing in oil equipment, establishing oil pipelines, professional port connections, and ensuring road transportation safety, then Pakistan's oil could possibly be oil purchased from Iran and Russia, which is then resold to the US.
Moreover, if the US wants to extract oil, it cannot allow the Baloch armed forces to cause trouble, and must strike against the Baloch armed forces. In addition, India is currently looked down upon globally, and Pakistan is truly in the best geopolitical cycle in its history. "Two superpowers catering to me alone," what a great blessing.
Trump talked with Modi for a long time, but Trump still added a 50% tariff on Modi, which broke Modi's defense. Now there is a kind of mutual stabbing beauty between the US and India. The current main direction of the Trump administration's policy towards India is to force India not to buy Russian oil, hoping to thus trap Russia. However, it is assessed that the chances of success are very low. India has a large trade deficit with the US and is not afraid of US sanctions. Moreover, Russia has many outlets for its oil, and the US cannot block them all.
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