The Curse of oil
Description
This program offers a global history of the oil industry and the issues intertwined with it, from early-20th-century prospecting in South America and the Middle East to war in Iraq. The origins and significance of OPEC figure prominently in the narrative, as do several historic and violent conflicts revolving around controlling sources or flows of oil: labor strikes in Latin America, Nasser's seizure of the Suez Canal, the Iran-Iraq war, and other pivotal events. Revealing interviews feature, among others, former OPEC leader Sheikh Ahmed Yamani and former U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia James Akins-who minces no words and calls oil a curse.
Runtime
52 min
Series
Subjects
- Human geography (324)
- International economic relations (341)
- Power resources (209)
- Social change (532)
- Natural resources (402)
- Political geography (64)
- Physical geography (411)
- Energy development (76)
- International relations (610)
- International business enterprises (261)
- Geopolitics (27)
- World politics (2067)
- Globalization (272)
- Energy consumption (72)
Geography
Genre
Date of Publication
[2006], c2003
Database
Films on Demand
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