Oil

These days oil is a very important resource. It is very valuable since we are running out of it and therefore whoever has it are powerful. Looking at the map of the Middle East, I have noticed that almost all of the countries with the most oil are near bodies of water. I think that a large part of the reason that these places are so oil rich is that they are so low. Since they are next to water, they are most likely near sea level. Since most oil is drilled from the ground, I believe that it makes drilling easier the lower you are because you can reach lower areas in the earth. Also, the lower that the land is, the more moist the ground is and therefore the more liquids will be in the ground including oil. This is why there isn't as much oil in the mountain ranges.