For many years now the decisions made by the major oil-producing countries have had far-reaching effects on the whole world economy, because of both the power of the oil companies and the direct effect of price changes on the cost of living.  The search for more fossil fuels still goes on.

In this article you can

			read about some more recent discoveries by the big producers
			listen to a news report on the future of energy supplies
			learn oil industry-related vocabulary
			develop your vocabulary with word-building activities