The hidden face of oil on Arte (Wednesday of History)
A re-reading of the events of the XNUMXth century in the light of petroleum issues. A fascinating investigation nourished by archives and interviews with the direct actors of history.
From Rockefeller's first drilling in 1860 to the recent war in Iraq, oil has been the real engine of the tragic history of the XNUMXth century.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010 at 20:35 PM
repeats:
07.09.2010 to 10: 25
The hidden side of oil
(France, 2009, 51mn)
ARTE F
Director: Patrick Barbéris
1. Sharing the world
From its beginnings, the oil industry is marked by the rivalry between the American Rockefeller and the Nobel brothers, installed in Baku, in the Caspian Sea. The First World War was won in large part thanks to the oil supplied to the allied forces by the Standard Oil of New Jersey, belonging to John D. Rockefeller. Deliveries suspended in 1916, when the American tycoon learned of the sharing of the Middle East (which he coveted underground) between the British and the French. From 1928, seventeen years before Yalta, the leaders of the oil companies shared the world at the end of an agreement, the terms of which would remain hidden until 1952 ...
2. The big manipulations
The second episode dissects what has been carefully concealed from public opinion. Direct witnesses explain in particular how the oil shock of 1973 was only a gigantic manipulation orchestrated by the oil companies who wished, by favoring the rise in the price of the barrel, to generate important profits to encourage their investments in the North Sea and Alaska. For the first time, the man at the heart of this strategy, Roger Robinson, explains how the Reagan administration used the weapon of Saudi oil to bring down world prices and cause the collapse of the Soviet Union ...
From Rockefeller's first drilling in 1860 to the recent war in Iraq, oil has been the real engine of the tragic history of the XNUMXth century. Vital, strategic raw material, it has been at the heart of all political calculations. So much so that the world of petroleum has always been dominated by opacity and misinformation. The hidden face of oil lifts the veil on carefully hidden secrets and gives keys to understanding the issues around oil, while a real war of resources is engaged.
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