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There is no simple answer to your question. Consider the large number of countries that produce oil: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oil-producing_states All countries gain money either through exploring and producing their oil, or forming national oil companies (NOC) that can explore and produce from their own country and others as well. Some of the profits from production must go back into maintaining the wells and facilities, as well as drilling new wells. There may be additional investments to improve oil recover, by water and gas flooding, artificial lift, horizontal drilling, and enhanced recovery methods. You may want to check out these links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enhanced_oil_recovery http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petroleum Frequently, the NOC's invest in refineries and petrochemical plants, as a means of gaining additional revenues. The also may invest in creating universities, so more of their citizens can work in the oil industry. Others use the oil revenues for social programs. For instance, Kuwait has a program where it will build a house for every working Kuwaiti family. Finally, there is examples of governments just spending the money on themselves. The palaces of Iraq, Saudi Arabia and many other counties were built from oil and petrochemical revenues. It is often difficult to determine how much goes to good causes, because government spending is not linked to a particular source of revenue.

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