Murkowski: Global Oil Outages Can Provide “Strategic Warning” of Threats to Stability Top Energy Committee Republican Warns of Petroleum Production Losses in Libya, Yemen, and Elsewhere U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (NGP Photo), today released a report surveying petroleum production outages around the world, data which could be used to provide strategic warning of threats to international security. “Losses in oil production often reflect instability,” Murkowski said. “Energy reporting clearly pointed to Iraq’s deteriorating security years before the current collapse and provides us strategic warning of violence in other countries and [...]