A recent Bloomberg article highlights the work that U.S. safety officials carried out to assess areas of the country that could be at risk of further terrorist attacks, following the collapse of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. The small town of Cushing, Oklahoma, was identified as an area of serious concern.

As the largest commercial oil hub in North America, this tiny town houses giant tanks containing 10 million barrels of crude oil, making it a clear potential target for anyone planning to disrupt the country’s energy supply and overall economy.