There is considerable potential for investment in oil exploration in Sub Saharan Africa.

To combat the impact of such dependence, they spend oil revenues on other sectors, leaving the oil sector with little investment.

Investment in the oil sector and trade liberalization, although significant, will not be enough.

The unusual disruption in the oil markets was exacerbated by recent natural disasters in oil producing regions and lack of investment in refineries.

At the same time, high oil prices have enabled higher social spending and infrastructure investment.

Moreover, the main oil exporters are unwilling to subordinate their investment policies to market requirements.

Today s oil price is also linked to anticipated future interest rates. More specifically, oil producers have an investment choice They can increase production now, selling the additional oil at today s price and investing the proceeds at the existing long term interest rate, or they can leave the oil in the ground as an investment.

A third type of SWF takes the form of oil investment funds among oil energy exporting countries, which are saving their windfalls into foreign assets.

In Morocco, for instance, investment from the Arab oil countries has already significantly reduced Europe s importance.

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Total production of oil did not recover in 1992 but the year was nevertheless characterized by the intensification of oil exploration activities and efforts to improve the investment climate for foreign oil companies.

Until the second half of 2008, Sudan's economy boomed on the back of increases in oil production, high oil prices, and large inflows of foreign direct investment.

46. Over three quarters of the investment flows were directed to oil exporting countries, although the share of non oil producing countries has increased in recent years.

If nominal oil prices remain constant while the dollar declines, the real income of the oil producing countries declines, resulting in less investment in additional capacity and maintenance.

Libya has become a Mecca for European leaders trying to win multi billion dollar oil and investment deals.

The Chinese Investment Corporation s biggest investment last year was a 30 ( 3.2 billion) stake in the gas and oil exploration and production sector of the French energy giant GDF Suez.

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Likewise, the European Investment Bank is providing 1billion to finance the construction of the Nabucco oil pipeline from Iran to Austria.

In 2006, OMV acquired a 34 stake in Turkish oil group Petrol Ofisi the largest Austrian investment in Turkey to date.

Increasingly, Russia s oil surpluses drive economic growth through rising investment, which boosts construction and consumption, in turn benefiting retail trade and finance.

The OPEC States were working to rectify that situation through greater investment in production and greater cooperation with other oil producing parties.

In the short term, dollar depreciation does not affect supply and demand, but it does affect speculation and investment in oil futures markets.

His hostility to foreign players in the industry (he expropriated several American oil companies holdings in 2007) limited investment and held back production.

Low cost domestic energy could help to lower the trade deficit, spur investment, and decrease America s economic exposure to volatile oil exporting countries.

As a small group of countries increasingly accounts for the world s remaining oil reserves, their market dominance may threaten the pace of investment.

The share of inward FDI in the distribution sector is relatively small as most investment is directed towards the oil and gas industry.

This is an extraordinarily high dividend in the world oil industry. In the past decade, YPF s reserves diminished significantly, along with those of most oil companies operating in Argentina, because investment in exploration was greatly reduced.

The state financed their purchases and investment projects with seemingly inexhaustible oil revenues. But now, with oil prices down sharply, Russia s export revenue has plummeted by 30 this year, and state funds have become very scarce.

A third type of SWF takes the form of oil investment funds among oil energy exporting countries, which are saving their windfalls into foreign assets. Norway, indeed, has been doing this very quietly for many years

Flows to Central Asia and West Asia went up as a result of higher oil investment, while flows to the Pacific subregion increased marginally.

Given that the bulk of foreign investment was in the mineral resources sector, the Government was also working to develop the non oil sector.

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In the past decade, YPF s reserves diminished significantly, along with those of most oil companies operating in Argentina, because investment in exploration was greatly reduced.

Discoveries of large mineral deposits and other opportunities have brought a chance to diversify investment beyond the dominant oil sectors of Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.

Second, more investment is needed, particularly in low income countries, emerging markets, and oil producers (though less in China, the exception that proves the rule).

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But the recent collapse in oil prices could change this dynamic. In refusing to cut its own production, Saudi Arabia seems to be hoping that low oil prices will drive down investment in US shale energy, undermining production growth there.

One of the most plausible scenarios in response to calls by governments and politicians around the world to reduce or even eliminate dependence on oil is a relative decline in investment in additional production capacity in the oil producing countries.

Thus, it hopes to divert public attention from still non existent basic services, continuing sectarianism, weak oil production, scant infrastructure investment, and rampant corruption and cronyism.

Although high oil prices and a relatively cheap ruble initially drove this growth, since 2003 consumer demand and, more recently, investment have played a significant role.

Sub Saharan Africa receives about 6 per cent of direct investment, which is profitable essentially for those few countries with oil and or strategically important minerals.

It is made from vegetable oil, often soybean oil or sesame oil, although olive oil or other oils may be used.