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Originally Posted by kalos72
The oil found for OpOmega isnt German...
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The tanker was found off Borkum Island, which is part of Germany. A look at territorial waters shows it is very likely the ship was in at least the German Exclusive Economic Zone, if not the Contiguous or even Territorial zone - the latter being most likely since the Island is specially mentioned as the nearby landmark.
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Now if we really want to dig into salvage law and if the ship was found in international waters (unlikely), we'll see that the cargo is actually still the property of the owners of the ship, even if the ship itself becomes the property of the salvagers. Given the US only sources a small percentage of their oil from the North sea, both compared to total US imports and total European (specifically North Sea) production, it seems extremely unlikely a US company owns it.
So, in summary, it's not US oil and Germany has a VERY good claim on it.