Only 2,000 wildcat wells have ever been dug in the countries around the Gulf, according to Leonardo Maugeri, an Italian oilman, compared with more than 1m wells in the United States.

• 据意大利一位石油商人Leonardo Maugeri称，波斯湾地区的国家才只开掘了2000个非法油井，而美国就有1百多万个。