This is the current status of the world oil market.

The ones in gray are the ones not owned by governments, and of those, only some are American.

It is the theory of the ignorant that somehow financially crippling those few American companies is a worthy cause that will change the oil supply situation. Frankly, these people are operating at the same intellectual level as a tribe that plunges spears into a straw dummy of a tiger ensures a safe hunt the next day.

As for "paying" to protect U.S. oil companies, you're welcome to harbor the delusion that the U.S. leaving the Middle East and the oil supply lines to nations like Iran will improve things, especially combined with the continued liberal effort to shut off U.S. domestic supplies. Keep in mind that we are protecting the oil supply routes for a hell of a lot of nations and oil companies besides our own. I'm not seeing a lot of cash flow from foreign national oil companies either for this service.