[steve19]

It is a nice thought but that could not happen. When an event like this happens it is because of huge structural failure.

Corruption would have played a part. If you brought a tanker or free oil, whose business interest, or tax revenue, would be impacted by an influx of cheap oil?

Who is being incentivized not to solve the issue?

Where do you dock the ship?

Who gets the oil for free but then charges the next user down the supply chain?

How can you be sure the majority of the oil does not end up on the black market, exported or not used for grid energy?

Twenty years ago the most advanced economy in the world, California, had blackouts due to fraud and corruption. If it can happen in CA it can happen anywhere.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000%E2%80%9301_California_ele...