If you ask: Which country has benefited the most since the Ukraine crisis? I believe that there must be many people who will say that it is the United States.
In fact, the president believes that the Uk will profit more than the US. Why?
Geographically, britain is on the periphery of Europe, and when there is chaos in Europe, neighboring countries will turn to Britain for help, thus allowing Britain to gain huge political and economic benefits.
It is precisely because of this that Britain wants to join forces with the United States to sanction Russia.
Once Russia and Ukraine fight, Britain will reap huge benefits at a very small cost, mainly in two ways:
One is that Britain will reap huge oil profits, and the other is that it will be able to attract European capital.
So let's first talk about why Britain is making huge oil profits.
When it comes to oil, everyone's first reaction is definitely the oil-producing countries in the Middle East, but what many people don't know is that the United Kingdom is also a big oil producer and oil exporter.
There is a large oil field called the "North Sea Oil Field" in the waters near the United Kingdom, although it is jointly owned by many countries, but most of the oil fields are within the scope of the United Kingdom. Moreover, due to its high quality and stable production, North Sea crude oil has quickly become an important energy supply place in Europe.
If the current situation develops, European countries will have to stop importing oil and gas from Russia.
And where did the oil europe need at this time come from? That's The UK, of course!
We can see a significant increase in UK oil exports in the last five years, reaching 720,000 bpd in 2020. (About 100,000 tons / day, so it is estimated that the next year is 36 million tons, converted into 4400 yuan / ton, 36 million tons is equivalent to 160 billion yuan)
And of the current 5 crude oil futures contracts, there are actually only two of the most important, namely New York crude oil and Brent crude oil, because they are the largest trading volume.
At this time, some people said that the United States can also profit from high oil prices. In fact, although the UNITED States' oil exports have indeed increased significantly in recent years, the amount of oil imported by the United States is still far greater than the amount of oil exports, and the rise in oil and natural gas prices will only increase inflation in the United States.
It is precisely because of this that Britain has an absolute advantage. So in addition to the rise in oil prices to make the UK profitable, the UK has another profit point, that is, to attract European capital. What's going on here?
Follow me, and we'll talk about how the UK attracts European capital in the next issue.