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that the politics of oil is crucial to life in the Middle East |
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whether to the Arabs oil means the vast petroleum reserves lying under the desert sands |
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if in the Middle East oil is a precious source of wealth and all too often a cause for war |
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since non-OPEC oil producers currently account for 58% of total production |
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as Iraqi crude oil exports in 2007 were more than 5% lower than in 2006 |