"It is right in the heart of the oil region," she said.

He taught school for three years in the oil regions of Pennsylvania.

This was the first major oil region to be developed.

The first pipeline was built in 1862 and by the late 1860s, pipelines crisscrossed the oil region.

He took that money and began buying up banks throughout the oil region.

"This war will take place, however, in the most strategic and vital oil region in the world," he said.

The storm shut the nation's top oil producing region and briefly led to gasoline lines in some places.

Amnesty International reported last year that civilians in the oil region had suffered violent abuses.

The crisis has affected all the country's major cities and towns, including those in the southeastern oil region.

Their arrival in the oil regions was a matter of great satisfaction.