Oil resources shape economies, and shape nations.

石油资源对经济, 对国家起着不可或缺的作用。

Which leads to conflicts all around the oil resources.

这导致围绕石油资源的冲突。

And, of course, Iraq contained the historical claim to Kuwait, a card that could be theoretically deployed at any time to double the Iraqi State's oil resources.

当然，伊拉克在历史上对科威特有主权要求，理论上这张牌可以随时使用，使伊拉克的石油资源翻倍。

The EIA's estimates for shale oil, not included in the 2011 numbers, are a staggering 345 billion barrels, adding a tenth to the world's total oil resources.

同时EIA还估算，除去2011年的储量，全球未探明页岩油储量竟然有3450亿桶，占全球石油总资源的十分之一。