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Did You Know That?
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February 2005



    
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Saudi Arabia holds one-quarter of the world's proven oil reserves, making security of its oil infrastructure essential to the global economy. A report by the Center for Strategic and International Studies cites the kingdom's "weakest link" as its 10,700 miles of pipeline. Still, security is taken so seriously there that "most foreseeable assaults are likely to be quickly confined and any resulting damage is likely to be repaired relatively quickly," says the report. @ Read it at SM Online.

Saudi Arabia holds one-quarter of the world's proven oil reserves, making security of its oil infrastructure essential to the global economy. A report by the Center for Strategic and International Studies cites the kingdom's "weakest link" as its 10,700 miles of pipeline. Still, security is taken so seriously there that "most foreseeable assaults are likely to be quickly confined and any resulting damage is likely to be repaired relatively quickly," says the report. @ Read it at SM Online.

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