Mark, I recall you saying that Russia's oil production declined dramatically about ten years ago or so. What I'm wondering, is what precipitated the drastic decline? Was it that the wells went dry? Or did the infrastructure erode after the oil price collapse in 1986? Or is the decline related to the break-up of the Soviet Union, where the production itself didn't actually fall but Russia just lost control of it? I hope I'm not treading old ground here, but until I came across this list I had never heard that Russian oil production had taken such a drastic fall. I would have thought something of that significance would be big news. Thanks in advance for your reply, Aaron. ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com _______________________________________________ Crashlist resources: http://website.lineone.net/~resource_base To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.wwpublish.com/mailman/listinfo/crashlist
