The Oil Kingdom

**Firefighter** · December 26th, 2008 02:26 AM

CBS 60 minutes show visit to SAUDI ARAMCO. The episode is entitled “The Oil Kingdom”.

Lesley Stahl meets with officials in Saudi Arabia and takes a tour of its vast petroleum facilities, which are gearing up to produce even more oil. She takes an inside look into the world of Saudi Aramco, the world leader in crude oil production and the country's sole source of wealth and power.

Part One:
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Part Two:
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**marg** · December 26th, 2008 05:14 AM

Its our money feeding these greedy oil sheiks. Its high time the world goes Electric. Send these arabs back to the Stone age.

**scharnhorst** · December 26th, 2008 07:46 PM

BOTH oil companies and producing countries jack up prices by causing artificial shortages.

OPEC's cutting production like there's no tomorrow these days as oil falls to rock bottom prices.

Everybody's culpable.

**ab_initio** · December 26th, 2008 08:51 PM

Originally Posted by scharnhorst

BOTH oil companies and producing countries jack up prices by causing artificial shortages.

OPEC's cutting production like there's no tomorrow these days as oil falls to rock bottom prices.

Everybody's culpable.

TRUE.

let's also create an impression of less demand...conserve. car pool. the government has to increase the efficiency of public transport...esp. mrt. making every place accessible via mrt. (haven't read the TS though, hehehe)