The dangerous smell of crude oil that may ignite a new civil war in Somalia

by Aden Yabarow

August 28, 2007 –

Background

Paul Roberts states in his book, the end of oil, that United States Geological Survey claims that there are worldwide proven oil reserves of 1.7 trillion barrels, 900billion barrels of unproven oil and an estimated 1.5 trillion barrels yet to be found. But the United States Geological Survey in its 2000 report claims that there are worldwide proven oil reserves of 3021 billion barrels and 15401 trillion cubic ft of gas.