Oil in the Middle East

Series: Energy Crisis Series

Duration: 0:29:00

Creator: Films

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Examines, through interviews with industry executives, government officials, and the oil ministers of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Iran, the controls placed on the United States' energy supply by oil producing nations. Emphasizes the internal conflicts between national interests and economy and the United States' oil needs. Stresses the multinational structure of oil megacorporations and notes the decline in the United States' role as economic and political advisor.

Complete Record: , Examines, through interviews with industry executives, government officials, and the oil ministers of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Iran, the controls placed on the United States' energy supply by oil producing nations. Emphasizes the internal conflicts between national interests and economy and the United States' oil needs. Stresses the multinational structure of oil megacorporations and notes the decline in the United States' role as economic and political advisor.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.