Editing Petroleum (section)

=== Corruption ===
"Oil rents" have been described as connected with corruption in political literature.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Oil, gas, and mining |url=https://www.u4.no/topics/oil-gas-and-mining/basics |access-date=May 9, 2022 |website=U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre}}</ref> A 2011 study suggested that increases in oil rents increased corruption in countries with heavy government involvement in the production of oil. The study found that increases in oil rents "significantly deteriorates political rights". The investigators say that oil exploitation gave politicians "an incentive to extend civil liberties but reduce political rights in the presence of oil windfalls to evade redistribution and conflict".<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Arezki |first1=Rabah |last2=Brückner |first2=Markus |date=October 1, 2011 |title=Oil rents, corruption, and state stability: Evidence from panel data regressions |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0014292111000316 |journal=European Economic Review |language=en |volume=55 |issue=7 |pages=955–963 |doi=10.1016/j.euroecorev.2011.03.004 |issn=0014-2921}}</ref>