HIST 333: Oil Empires: Internet Resources

Information about extractive industries (oil, gas, minerals) by the World Bank.

"The mission of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is to coordinate and unify the petroleum policies of its Member Countries and ensure the stabilization of oil markets in order to secure an efficient, economic and regular supply of petroleum to consumers, a steady income to producers and a fair return on capital for those investing in the petroleum industry."

Datasets containing information on known oil and gas deposits throughout the world from the Peace Research Institute Oslo.

The Saudi Arabian Oil Company is a Saudi Arabian national petroleum and natural gas company based in Dhahran.

The U.S. Department of State's Web site dealing with the Near East. Includes access to information on regional topics, countries, etc.

"This site was developed by the Gulf/2000 Project at the School of International and Public Affairs of Columbia University in New York City. It is designed to make available in a single location a wealth of information on the eight countries of the Persian Gulf region--Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates."

"The mission of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is to promote policies that will improve the economic and social well-being of people around the world." Can locate information on specific topics (oil) or countries.

A brief article in the Huffington Post that offers a quick look at literacy rates, religion, oil reserves, etc. using maps.

Founded in 1946, the Middle East Institute is a non-partisan think tank “dedicated solely to the study of the Middle East."

MESA is a non-profit association that fosters the study of the Middle East.