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If the seepage consists of other hydrocarbons such as petroleum, their degradation with sulfate supports an even higher production of sulfide [14].
The WP recently reported that a host of prominent former foreign policy officials including Zbigniew Brzezinski and Brent Scowcroft had lobbied on behalf of various petroleum industry interests for just such an outcome.
Then came tin mining and rubber plantations, and, more recently, palm oil, hardwood timber, and offshore petroleum and gas.
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."
As the Journal points out, that's understandable: on the one hand, although political moderation is on the upswing in Iran, the country is still judged by the State Department to be "the most active sponsor of state terrorism," but on the other, making nice would enhance U.S. companies' access to the Caspian Sea oil fields, the world's most significant untapped petroleum and gas reserves.