the middle east 2004 43 1 references that include a section mark are found in internet cited mineral industries of by philip m mobbs glenn j wallace david r wilburn and thomas yager 15 nations covered this volume encompass an area more than 6 million square kilometers which is about two thirds size united states 4 world s land mass according to bank group 2005 total population region was estimated be 256 compared with 294 for 3 billion production processing crude oil natural gas were foundations upon economies most countries bahrain iraq iran kuwait oman qatar saudi arabia syria arab emirates yemen based metals industrial minerals turkey also significant acknowledgments us geological survey usgs acknowledges thanks following organizations providing statistics basic economic data exploration
