Energy security

The term "energy security", expressing the availability of energy sources relied upon in sufficient quantities and relative stability of prices acceptable to the countries importing and consuming of these sources, and therefore the resources presented acute shortage of low quantities offered for sale or price increases to values ​​higher than the true value, or delayed The arrival of these resources to consumption points, either for technical reason (such as: Breaking pipeline, pumps crashes, .. etc.), or because of sabotage (such as the bombing of oil wells and gas, and sabotage of pipelines which is what happens in Iraq, from time to time, and the threat of party Kurdistan Workers destroy the gas transmission lines passers through its territory), .... All of this means a lack of energy security.

Prior to the events of September 11, 2001 was not the term dimensions that indicates her now, sites, such as:

- Nuclear power plants

- Thermal power stations (using oil and natural gas and coal to produce electricity)

- Oil wells and natural gas production

- Refueling points

- Oil pipeline

- Natural gas transmission lines

- Dams (for the production of electricity from water sources)

- Water systems

Could represent targets for an attack on them, not to mention the use of the world for about 50,000 ships and shipping giant uses, including about 4,000 vessels operating on the product of the giant fields of Petroleum Transport (116 wells), which produces all of which about 100,000 barrels per day of oil, while died rest needs the world from about 4000 small oil wells, an average of 17,000 barrels per day.

At June 15, 2004 publication of Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser Al-Rashid book entitled "ideological foundations to target oil", which identified six consequences for the implementation of the acts of sabotage against oil wells or transfer lines, and these results are: -

- Raise oil prices

- Lifting required to secure sources of energy cost

- Work on the diversity of energy sources to meet the increase in oil prices

- Increasing the cost of research in the areas of alternative energy

- Instability as a result of disruption of local and foreign exchange markets

- The disastrous effects on the economy returns in the United States

It is worth mentioning that the terrorist organizations and armed gangs are seen as a threat to energy sources, in Nigeria, which is one of the largest oil suppliers in the world where there are At Delta Naijiraa- about 120 forming an armed gang fights in order to increase the share of regions that are located out of oil revenues , the same outlook and also include terrorist organizations and that these sites may come within its priorities and agenda.