Mattia’s Accurate & Expanded Oil

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Author: Mattia von Sigmund

Last revision: 14 Jul, 2024 at 19:34 UTC

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Greetings and Salutations!

I am delighted to present my inaugural comprehensive modification, crafted with meticulous care to ensure compatibility with the vast majority of other modifications, save for those that alter the states and their respective resources. It is my sincere hope that this endeavor will function seamlessly for you. Should you encounter any anomalies or wish to proffer a suggestion, please feel at liberty to communicate with me via the Discord community referenced above or within the comments section of the mod. This modification accomplishes the following:


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Hey! Have you ever been dismayed by the Arabian Peninsula’s lack of strategic value, with its oil reserves not reflecting their true abundance? Or perhaps you’ve found it bothersome that the United States possesses vast oil reserves while other nations, which in reality are rich in oil, have none? Moreover, does the absence of Western ownership of oil in the Arab states and Iran seem unrepresented?

If so, this mod is precisely what you need!

With this modification, you will finally have the capability to accurately develop the oil fields in the Arab states, Persia, and Venezuela. The amount of oil has been meticulously calculated by comparing the real oil reserves of these countries with the in-game oil production of the United States. You may rise as a powerful Middle Eastern trading entity, profiting from oil after nationalizing it from Western powers, or simply have a reason to seize the Middle East to harness its oil to fuel your wars!

This mod does the following;

  • I took all of the in-game oil of the US and compared it to the IRL proven oil reserves of the oil, and used this value to give a correct amount to the main oil producing countries of the world, namely Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the UAE, Iran, Venezuela, and Iraq.
  • At the game’s start, the Oil of several middle eastern countries will be controlled by the respective countries in Real Life who had monopolies in the region (France and Uk in Iraq, USA in Saudi Arabia, and UK in Iran. Said middle eastern countries will be able to nationalise this oil by decision!
  • The mod also adds several new Resource Prospecting decisions to reach the production quotas that the oil reserves of said countries can offer in real life, again balaced in proportion to what these countries really have (this is explained better in one of the images of the mod above); mind that some of these decisions will be visible only once you unlock a certain level of extraction technology!