(1)__________________.They are the Middle East,the United States of America and Canada,Latin America and the Caribbean,Africa and Russia.The Middle East countries have the largest amount of oil.They have more oil than all the other regions together.(2)_____________________.The first oilfield was opened in Iran.A few years later men found oil in other Middle East countries.In 1932 oil was discovered on Bahrain Island.During the next few years oil was found in many places.
The Middle East oil industry then grew fast.Today this region produces a third of the world's oil supplies.The Middle East countries now export more oil than any other region.They do not need all their oil.So they are able to export most of their oil to other countries.Europe is one of their chief markets.(3)________________________. These European countries import millions of tons from other countries.They import some of their oil from North Africa and Latin America,but they buy most of it from the Middle East.