Oil In The Middle East
Envision for a moment how life would be like without petroleum and its products. Perhaps, what comes to your mind is gas for your automobile. However, petroleum products are used in lubricating motor vehicles, cosmetics, fertilizers, drugs, plastics and a myriad of other items. Indeed, without this essential commodity, daily life for many people would change drastically. It is undeniable that modern industrial civilization depends on petroleum. The largest oil reserves reside in the Middle East with Saudi Arabia having the largest super giant fields in the world followed by the Unites States and then Russia. Saudi Arabia has the largest oil reserves accounting for 332.7 billion barrels.
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