Implications of the Middle Eastern Crisis for Near-term and Mid-term Oil Supply: Hearing Before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, One Hundred First Congress, Second Session ... September 13, 1990U.S. Government Printing Office, 1991 - 129 páginas |
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