Your argument suggests that the U.S. would not get the oil if ERHC isnt in the game. WRONG! They will buy it on the open market once it goes into production. Simply stated, the U.S. is still the biggest consumer and will ALWAYS be in the game to buy oil so long as we have the largest free market economy.
ERHC has NO BEARING on whether were we are able to buy oil on the open market. To suggest that it would only go to china is naive.