Pétrole, une histoire de pouvoir - Cupidité et corruption - 2/2

Oil and power are intertwined. As the primary energy source, black gold determines growth and recession, consumption, poverty, and war. In 1973, when the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) reduced its deliveries to sanction its interference in the Arab-Israeli War, the West became aware of the power of this raw material, a geopolitical lever capable of reversing the balance of power overnight. Director: Andreas Sawall