A look at nations with the top 10 proven oil reserves as of the end of 2002, based on their percentage of the world’s total known reserves. The figures were published by British Petroleum (www.bp.com) and based on estimates from the Oil & Gas Journal. The level of freedom in those nations is measured by the independent Freedom House organization (www.freedomhouse.org). The rankings are from 2000.Country - Known Oil Reserves - Freedom Level.
Saudi Arabia - 25 percent - not free
Iraq - 10.7 percent - not free now partly free
United Arab Emirates - 9.3 percent - not free.
Kuwait - 9.2 percent - partly free.
Iran - 8.6 percent - not free.
Venezuela - 7.4 percent - partly free. less and less free every day
Russia - 5.7 percent - partly free.
United States - 2.9 percent - free.
Libya - 2.8 percent - not free.
Nigeria - 2.3 percent - partly free partly? So of the top ten, only one is free -- us -- a few are partly free, and the rest are run by thugs and scumbags. Kuwait, the UAE and Iraq are going to get better. Can’t say that about the rest. |