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Politics : About that Cuban boy, Elian -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: chalu2 who wrote (6534)	5/28/2000 3:17:00 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9127

lol- that's how much "lots" is

To: chalu2 who wrote (6534)	5/28/2000 3:49:00 PM
From: Rambi	Respond to of 9127

CAn't be too much-- 2/3 of the world's proven oil reserves are in the Middle East. 1/3 of the world's proven gas reserves are in the Middle East. Iraq has 11 percent of the world's proven oil reserves, and 2 percent of the world's proven gas reserves. Only Saudi Arabia has more proven reserves of oil. Iran possesses 9 percent of the world's proven oil reserves, and 16 percent of the world's proven gas reserves. Only Russia has more proven reserves of gas. Libya has 3 percent of the world's proven oil reserves, and 1 percent of the world's proven gas reserves. Together, these three countries possess 23 percent of the world's proven reserves of oil, and 19 percent of the world's proven reserves of gas. Iraq and Iran, moreover, are believed to have very large amounts of unexplored resources. By comparison, the North Sea region contains roughly 2 percent of the world's proven oil reserves, the countries of the former Soviet Union 6 percent, and the entire Western Hemisphere 17 percent. So these other major oil-producing regions contain together only about the same amount of proven oil reserves as Iraq and Iran alone possess. And these other regions are believed to have fewer unexplored resources than the countries of the Middle East.