He set the nation's state oil monopoly on a path to ruin.
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It marked the creation of an oil monopoly, or cartel, of immense influence, spanning a vast territory.
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Using the proceeds from the 1970s oil price rises, he expanded the state run oil monopoly's interests far beyond oil production to include investments in oil tankers, steel and construction.
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