Crude Curse

January 20, 2006 8:01 PM

Kuwait's oil reserves only half the official estimate. Because the export quotas imposed by OPEC depend largely on estimated reserves, its member nations have long been suspected of falsifying official data in order to export more oil. (OPEC nations usually end up violating the quotas anyway.)
posted by bukharin (6 comments total)

5 posts down.
posted by juiceCake at 8:14 PM on January 20, 2006

It's scary, but it's still on the front page.
posted by PareidoliaticBoy at 8:18 PM on January 20, 2006

Ah sorry.
posted by bukharin at 8:35 PM on January 20, 2006

If only we had half as many reposts.
posted by bshort at 8:39 PM on January 20, 2006

Yeah yeah.
posted by bukharin at 8:49 PM on January 20, 2006

You have failed me for the last...time.
posted by longsleeves at 9:02 PM on January 20, 2006