To: OPEN, Ipsus, Royal Seleucid
From: Her Excellency, President of the Duma Yeva Litvin
I would like to formally present the application of the Holy Kingdom of Samantra to join OPEN as an associate member.
The Holy Kingdom is a country that has deep economic ties with the members of OPEN. All of country’s oil and gas are imported with
65% of the imports coming from members of this organization. Our country uses 6 million barrels of oil per day meaning the total annual imports of oil alone account for almost 216 billion roubles/USD per year (ooc: assuming the price of oil is 100 USD, so adjust according depending on the price), 65% of which, as previously stated, comes from OPEN countries. The data I believe speaks for itself and makes the Holy Kingdom one of the largest clients of OPEN.
While our country lacks oil and gas reserves, and as such has no
upstream sector, it does have a significant oil and gas sector that handles the
downstream sector. Our major companies have some of the largest refineries in the Rus’ world since we import so much crude oil that we have to refine and ship across the country. The Samantran government understands the importance of the oil and gas for the Samatran economy and is a partner for the industry. We are helping the industry to further develop the infrastructure such as to increase capacity for the liquefied natural gas terminals in our ports, to construct new gas powered plants and to further develop the pipelines (gas and refined oil) as to be able to export it to our neighbors such as the Grand Duchy of Belgravia and others.
Lastly, the Samantran economy according to forecasts and barring any major economic downturn, will continue to increase its imports of oil and gas at least until the end of this decade. Furthermore, I believe the Samantran government has shown interest to work with many of the members of this organization for the betterment of the oil and gas industry and our people’s wellbeing.
It is for the reasons presented above that I believe the Holy Kingdom of Samantra will be a valuable associate member of the organization, further increasing the visibility and influence of the organization in Mundus and its role in the stability of the global economy.
In the hope of a positive answer to our application, I look forward to any questions you might have regarding our application.
With the greatest of respect,
Yeva LitvinPresident of the Duma