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BusinessWeek August 1, 2005 Stanley Reed	All Pumped Out "Twilight in the Desert: The Coming Saudi Oil Shock and the World Economy" is an in-depth study of the Saudi's future oil-producing capability.
The Motley Fool March 21, 2011 David Lee Smith	Peace in Saudi Arabia Means Less Pain at the Pump With a Western coalition hitting Gadhafi, the Saudi king tries to buy tranquility.
BusinessWeek March 2, 2011 Peter Coy	Saudi Arabia's Social Lubricant To buy stability, Saudi Aramco -- a 21st century corporation in a premodern monarchy -- must keep the oil flowing
BusinessWeek April 5, 2004 Stanley Reed	Oil Shortage? Saudi Arabia: There's plenty in the ground, but it won't be easy to get. The kingdom may need major new foreign investors. Will it dare open up?
The Motley Fool February 16, 2011 David Lee Smith	An Eye on Mideast Tensions and Oil Prices With a string of nations catching the latest Middle East malady, where are oil prices headed?
The Motley Fool February 1, 2011 David Lee Smith	2 Companies for Our Tinderbox World With the world becoming more dicey by the day, the oil field service providers' geographic spreads and ability to work even for operators as recalcitrant as Hugo Chavez in Venezuela are essentially irreplaceable.
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The Motley Fool May 31, 2011 David Lee Smith	Elusive Oil Will Boost Prices The journeys by ExxonMobil, Chevron, and their peers could boost your portfolios.
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The Motley Fool March 31, 2008 David Lee Smith	Bulletin: The Empty Quarter May Be Empty Saudi Arabia's Empty Quarter just may be aptly named; a whole lot of natural gas apparently isn't located where it was supposed to be.
The Motley Fool February 25, 2011 David Lee Smith	It's High Time for Action in the Gulf of Mexico With crude prices climbing amid Middle East chaos, we still have a Gulf of Mexico.
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The Motley Fool October 18, 2006 Jean Graham	Book Review: "Twilight in the Desert" In this book, Matthew Simmons has written a pivotal and accessible work confronting the complacent notion that there is an inexhaustible supply of oil to be readily tapped when needed.
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The Motley Fool September 27, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Saudi Oil: A Slippery Future? Saudi Arabia's oil minister makes several reassuring comments, but can we rely on them? With so much of an important resource concentrated in one place, we'll likely see plenty of nervousness and volatility for years to come.
The Motley Fool September 11, 2007 David Lee Smith	Time to Re-Oil Your Portfolio Despite the world's rapt attention to its meetings, OPEC gatherings mean very little. Most of the OPEC nations are already producing at pretty close to their all-out capacity. Investors should take note, and tend to the energy portions of their portfolios.
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The Motley Fool September 20, 2007 David Lee Smith	Getting Crude in All the Wrong Places These energy companies may remain good investments for years to come, but as demand begins to outstrip supply, will confrontations among nations affect the substantial amount of crude oil we need to import each year?
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The Motley Fool February 6, 2007 David Lee Smith	Energy's Excessively Short-Term Orientation Obviously, you'll want to monitor your energy names, just as you do all the companies in your portfolio. But given the inherent volatility of the sector, excessively frequent attention to your energy names likely will do little for your mental health.
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The Motley Fool January 22, 2007 David Lee Smith	Is Crude Demand Slip-Sliding Away? Investors, now's not the time to give up on the energy sector.
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