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To: RobbyS
That's the old Shell Oil/Standard Oil of Indiana thesis ~ thing is that Saudi probably had a million and a half population then and could have been mopped up in a difficulty weekend or two if anyone had wanted to.

Guess old FDR wasn't as bloodthirsty as the Germans thought.

13 posted on 07/15/2007 3:16:11 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: muawiyah

A Texas oilman named DeGolyer was sitting on the information about the size of the reserves. Fact is that no one would believe how big they were.


14 posted on 07/15/2007 3:23:09 PM PDT by RobbyS ( CHIRHO)
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