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KGF TAPE REVIEWS
(Book Review Continued from page 18)
"Saudi production in early 1986 was running at al-
most 10 million barrels a day. Prices continued their
plunge. For the Saudis, the burst in production more
than made up for the drop in price. Earnings were
expected to be up by one third. Even if the price of
oil dropped as low as $8 per barrel, the Saudis would
still collect more than in 1985. And the decline in
the U.S. dollar, to which Fahd had been alerted, was
another enormous economic boost. According to a
secret State Department memo, the Saudis 'received
a major windfall due to the recent decline in the dol-
lar.' For the last six months of 1985 alone, that
windfall amounted to 'as much as 10 billion.' the
Saudis were expecting a similar harvest in 1986."
Although these quotes are focused on the "oil
weapon", the book is also concerned with the U.S.
support of the Polish "Solidarity" independence
movement, via the Israelis, as a means of keeping the
Soviets from building a large natural gas pipeline
from their Siberian fields. Victory also deals with
using Pakistan as a training base and conduit for the
arms furnished to the mujahedin. China was even
involved. They kept Soviet troops pinned down on
their common border and supplied missiles and other
weaponry.
Victory is a detailed look at how secret dealings and
clandestine alliances, forged by guns and money, are
used by our government to reach political objectives
that are never articulated or even admitted in the
popular media. The echoes and repercussions of
these machinations will continue to influence world
history for many years to come.
Riches From the Rock, Open Channel Com-
munications - 27 minutes
Although this tape has very little geological content,
it is an extremely interesting historical account of the
development of copper mining in the Bisbee, Ari-
zona area
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CD's Available in September from USGS
Oil and Gas Plays (1995)-Federal Lands, and Land
Use-Land Cover of the Offshore Gulf Coast Region
of the United States
Basin Centered Gas Systems of the United States
Selected Data from Fourteen Wildcat Wells in the
National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska
National Coal Resource Assessment Non-Proprietary
Data: Location, Stratigraphy and Coal Quality of Se-
lected Tertiary Coals in the Northern Rocky Moun-
tains and Great Plains Region
1999 Resource Assessment of Selected Tertiary Coal
Beds and Zones in the Northern Rocky Mountains
and Great Plains Region
Geologic Studies of Deep Natural Gas Resources
New CD's Available at KGS Library
Are You Using Bigger Tools Than You Need For
The Job? - National Energy Technology Laboratory
Slurry Injection Technology--Office of Fossil En-
ergy, National Energy Laboratory
Oil and Gas Industry Software--Office of Fossil
Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory
Abstracts of the 2003 AAPG Mid-continent
Section Meeting -Tulsa
Houston Geological Society- Directory of
Members - 2003