Since I deleted my notes the takeaways are that oil men were aggressive deal makers. The Near East and Libya as well as Russia, Venezuela and Mexico were important oil producers. During 2nd WW oil played a major role. It was a strategic commodity. Japanese and Germans were running weary low o not at times causing them to lose battles. Then after the IIWW oil producers started to make their own terms. There was a suez crisis in Egypt caused by some dictators.then the 70s crisis too. They took over the oil concessions and stations.
