Wem gehört das Öl?

Who holds the world’s oil? You might assume it’s in the hands of big private oil companies like ExxonMobil. But in fact, 77 percent of the world’s oil reserves are held by national oil companies with no private equity, and there are 13 state-owned oil companies with more reserves than ExxonMobil, the largest multinational oil company.

Tina Rosenberg ist für das New York Times Magazine dem Öl hinterhergereist. Eine sehr lange und sehr gute Geschichte. (via Perlentaucher)