EPISODE · Apr 6, 2026 · 17 MIN
21 How Saudi Oil Saved Postwar Europe
from Crude Ambition: This is the story of power · host By Seven Media
Europe is freezing in the dark, coal has failed, and the only thing standing between Western civilization and collapse is oil buried under Saudi sand. This is the episode where corporate giants rip up a 20-year-old contract using a wartime legal trick, a paranoid billionaire holds the entire deal hostage from a Lisbon hotel suite, and twelve furious executives share one bottle of flat champagne at midnight waiting for a telegram. Episode 21 of Crude Ambition reveals how a ruthless merger and one stubborn signature at 1:30 a.m. built the postwar world you live in today.
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Europe is freezing in the dark, coal has failed, and the only thing standing between Western civilization and collapse is oil buried under Saudi sand. This is the episode where corporate giants rip up a 20-year-old contract using a wartime legal trick, a paranoid billionaire holds the entire deal hostage from a Lisbon hotel suite, and twelve furious executives share one bottle of flat champagne at midnight waiting for a telegram. Episode 21 of Crude Ambition reveals how a ruthless merger and one stubborn signature at 1:30 a.m. built the postwar world you live in today.
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