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An interview with Charles K. Ebinger and Richard Kessler of Center for Strategic & International Studies at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., concerning the oil shale exploration in the U.S. relevant as of May 24, 1982, is presented. Topics include the impact of the decrease in the petroleum prices on the global energy security, Ebinger and Kessler's book "The Critical Link: Energy and Natural Securityin the 1980s," and the circumstances in the Middle East such as the Iran-Iraq war.