石油藏量中东蕴藏有丰富的石油,这里的石油藏量占资本主义世界石油总藏量的百分之六十。最富饶的埋藏地是波斯湾西海岸的沙漠地区。沙特阿拉伯和科威特的藏量约有二十五亿吨;伊朗以南的库尔德斯坦省的藏量约为十亿零八千万顿,伊拉克的巴士拉—基尔库克—摩苏尔油区的藏量约为八亿一千万顿。中东石油藏量仍在不断地被发现着,其增加速度,大大超过了世界石油藏 Oil reserves The Middle East is rich in oil, which accounts for 60 percent of the world’s total oil reserves. The richest burial ground is the desert area on the west coast of the Persian Gulf. There are about 2.5 billion tons of Saudi Arabian and Kuwaiti reserves; the reserves of Kurdistan Province south of Iran are about 10.8 million tons, and Basra, Kirkuk, Iraq - Mosul Oil District The reserves are about 810 million tons. The oil reserves in the Middle East are still being discovered and their rate of increase has greatly exceeded the world’s oil reserves.