CNBC 60 Minutes On CNBC December 1, 2014
Beneath these sand dunes lie 18 billion barrels of oil, more than four times the proven reserves of alaska. And its costing billions and billions to tap into it. With all the talk about kicking our addiction to foreign oil, the kingdom of saudi arabia is doing everything it can to keep the oil age going. Let me be blunt is it your hope to prevent a switch away from oil . Somebody said the country is the oil business. I mean, you absolutely need to do this for your own survival. And whats wrong with that . [ticking] when the u. S. Oil companies came here in the 40s and 50s, the americans moved ...