There are five chief oil regions in the world.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.(1)__________________.Oil was first discovered in the Middle East in 1908.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.(2)_________________.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.They supply all the countries of Western Europe and also some of the countries in Eastern Europ. (3)_____________________.They import some of their oil from North Africa and Latin America,but they buy most of it from the Middle East.
