RE:if petrol is available in america them what they are doing in middleeast ,cant they fend for themselves by aamirkhan on Apr 13, 2008 01:13 PM lotan potan either you born without brains or you lost brainsin midway even india can extract oil in one or two places but expenses are more for instance to extract 1 litre of petrol they have to spend 2 litres money same thing is with america.but in arab states it flows freely i mean crude oil which has to be refined later