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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Damian Carrington Environment editor

Revealed: Saudi Arabia’s grand plan to ‘hook’ poor countries on oil

A Saudi Aramco oil refinery
A Saudi Aramco oil refinery, one of the organisations involved in the oil demand sustainability programme. Photograph: Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters

Saudi Arabia is driving a huge global investment plan to create demand for its oil and gas in developing countries, an undercover investigation has revealed. Critics said the plan was designed to get countries “hooked on its harmful products”.

Little was known about the oil demand sustainability programme (ODSP) but the investigation obtained detailed information on plans to drive up the use of fossil fuel-powered cars, buses and planes in Africa and elsewhere, as rich countries increasingly switch to clean energy.

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