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Drilling for oil in Nigeria
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This brilliant game by the folks at molleindustria.org has three possible endings; nuclear war, getting fired as CEO, or retirement in a no longer oil dependant world(winning). After going through the tutorial and playing the game the following tips should prove helpful. There are many possible formulas that can lead to winning, one of the great attributes to the game.

1. When oiling candidates in a race:
Start pumping cash at the candidate projected to win from about half way in the race. When your candidate wins you get to manipulate world affairs. This can get you in trouble but is alot of fun.

2. When exploiting an area do as much as you can before moving on or bumping up the years.
Suck up the black gold before you get hassled by protesters or native attacks.

3. When starting out pump the land.
Offshore drilling is more expensive and you will be low on cash at first. (The pond in Nigeria drills as land.)

4. Always go for the big wells if you can afford it.
The only time you should use the small pumps is if a large one will not fit in a space, remember you have to hit the oil to pump it.

5. Do not demolish wells that go dry in hostile places.
On the contrary; rebuild them with small pumps for the enemy to attack dummy wells.

6. The human burning plants:
If you don't get fired as CEO or cause megadeath by nuclear war by about the year 2070, the human plant becomes available in the actions bar. When a well starts producing less than 50 bbl demo it and build a human burner. Nobody seems to mind the idea of burning people to make oil as I have never seen one attacked. They can only be built on land.

7. Venezuela:
It seems that succesful exploitation of this land requires political influence. Stick the wells in. > Get an oiled president. > Go through with the special operations until the dot that marks Venezuela on the special ops map disappears(about 6 events that lead up to a coup). > And it is yours to pump dry then build human burners without further concern. Venezuela can be lost.

8. Alaska:
Work it as soon as you can. It takes time and the right president in office to lift the enviro ban. Jump in and drill it dry. No further worries.

9. Texas:
No problems here at all, exploit it all or deal with it after you have a grip on the more difficult lands. YEEH HAW!

10. Nigeria:
Cannot be manipulated through underground politics, direct and timely bribing is required until human burners are available. This place can be expensive if you don't keep an eye on it.

11. Iraq:
A big pain in the butt. One can get involved, go to war and keep sending troops in, or loose it. It seems I was able to get in without changing the regime once and work it but can't remember how. Or you can not work it at all and still retire (not as much fun).When the mercenary option is open to you on the actions bar use them as they are cheap and effective, when kept at full staff (5 per well). Again, when the wells get low install "environment friendly" human burners on every square inch of ground you can.

Enjoy this video game with heavy political overtones. It plays smoothly and looks sharp. Look for follow up articles and more video game tips.
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