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What is “our” oil doing in their economy? — Saudi oil consumption trends

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Jonathan Callahan

Oil importing nations have long treated Saudi Arabia as an infinitely deep well of crude oil supplies.  In 2005, Matt Simmon’s book Twilight in the Desert did much to call attention to the possibility of diminishing production from the desert …  read more …

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Natural Gas ‘Squeeze’ in the Middle East

Posted on July 30, 2010 by Jonathan Callahan

Energy exporters from the Arabian peninsula are currently developing their petrochemicals industries, increasing desalination efforts and providing for rapidly growing consumer power demands. We should not be surprised to find that these nations consume an ever increasing amount of their …  read more …

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