1. Oil in the Persian Gulf Tyler Brittain http://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/

2. But Where Is It? Generally Referred as : “The Middle East” Referred to as : Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen Actually: 14 Nations/Kingdoms* Population: 78 Million Languages: 28 Major with countless Tribal Dialects Accounts for roughly: 16% of oil Exports (non OPEC) http://web.mst.edu/, http://pubs.usgs.gov/

3. http://gulf2000.columbia.edu/images/ma ps/Gulf_Ethnicity_lg.png

4. The Area Pre WW1 French, British, US inclusion and: The Sykes- Picot Agreement & The Balfour Declaration 6 Kingdoms

5. Oil/Gas http://media.diercke.net/ Only lines 100,000 cu/M

6. OPEC Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries Algeria, Angola, Ecuador, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Qat ar, Saudi Arabia (the de facto leader), United Arab Emirates, and Venezuela http://www.opec.org/

7. LOL http://www.opec.org/

8. extremeenergy.org