The new regions would have wide powers to control their own security and petroleum resources.

However, over the decades that followed the industry began to develop other domestic petroleum resources.

Overall, about 10% of the world's petroleum resources are estimated to be in the Arctic.

These observations contributed largely to the interest in the petroleum resources of the Pennsylvania region.

Iraq's large petroleum resources, its greatest asset, would make economic reconstruction less difficult than political transformation.

That means oil and gas prices will continue to rise, as America leads the world in draining the planet's petroleum resources.

As it is, 85 percent of the petroleum resources on public lands in the Western states are already leased or available for leasing.

Exploration and exploitation of petroleum resources, including natural gas.

Recent military regimes advanced overdue land reform and promoted development of petroleum resources.

According to Global 2000 , between 1975-2000, "the world's remaining petroleum resources per capita can be expected to decline by at least 50 percent."