The Battle for Oil: Diplomacy, politics and big business

Oil is a key strategic resource for all industrialised countries, accounting for about 40% of primary energy use and 95% of all transport consumption. Though cheap, easy to store and relatively plentiful, it is not renewable and will eventually run out.

Oil is already the real or imagined focus of several conflicts around the world, and over the next few years the struggle for resources and concern over the environmental impact can only become more intense.

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