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Sadad Al-Husseini. Rebutting the critics: Saudi Arabia's oil reserves, production practices ensure its cornerstone role in future oil supply. Oil and Gas Journal. 17th May 2004, 102(19) p.

Recent media reports have suggested Saudi Arabia may not be able to supply its share of the world oil demand for the near future. Experts have argued that not only are the kingdom's petroleum reserves overstated but also that the kingdom has rejected necessary foreign investments in its energy sector and that poor production practices have damaged its oil fields.
Unfortunately, the policy of years of withholding technical information has allowed such misconceptions to flourish even though they have little substance in point of fact.
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