Iraq, Libya, South Sudan. All areas with recent civil war, and all at the top of the list. I assume that oil is one of the easier things to keep exporting during periods of unrest.
Very ingenuous of you to assume these "unrest" has nothing to do with who controls the pipelines. That's why they are spared: whoever wins will need them working just fine.
The UAE exports a lot of gold, diamonds, minerals and other raw and scrap materials, some electronics, some agricultural products, and a lot of other stuff. Their economy is a lot more diverse than other Gulf countries. Bahrain doesn't export much of anything - some aluminum and textiles and a few other products. Their total exports are a small fraction of the UAE's, but their oil reserves have been pretty well depleted at this point. That's the main reason Bahrain doesn't show up.
Some of these countries are somewhat concerning, especially Nigeria. While it isn't the poorest country on this list, it's by far the biggest population-wise, and still growing. While I really want fossil fuels to be phased out as soon as possible, it's also probably important to have a conversation about how to do so in a way that gives many of these countries enough time to transition away from the oil industry and diversify.
Well the global reality is that we're nowhere near even thinking about phasing out fossil fuels on a large scale in the next few decades so Nigeria's fine.
Pretty sad how you just have to think about civil wars to get most of the countries here. Greed over oil is a real problem for the last decades (and even centuries).
Yay to capitalist geo-politics!
And if you’re feeling smug that it’s all third world countries fighting over dwindling resources, remember where most of the end-users reside…