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All this is predicated on sharp increases in Saudi Arabian oil production. The Department of Energy’s “International Energy Outlook 2005″ projects that Saudi Arabia should be producing 20.4 million barrels of oil per day by 2025, twice its current production. That’s a big if, and skeptics like energy analyst and sometime Bush advisor Matthew Simmons are doubtful the desert kingdom can generate that much oil. The New York Times recently featured a report on the Saudi economy, which is diversifying into other sectors. Do they know something we don’t?