As a CEO, Torkild Rieber violated Franklin Roosevelt’s neutrality policy to supply this good to Franco at cut-rate prices during the Spanish Civil War. The U.S. and Britain sought to prevent Spain from selling tungsten to Nazi Germany by restricting sales of this good to Spain. At a 1945 meeting onboard the USS Quincy, FDR struck a deal to gain access to this resource. During World War II, the Big Inch and Little Big Inch were created to transport this good across the U.S. The failed (*) Operation Tidal Wave bombed production centers of this good in Ploiești (plo-YESHT), Romania. Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor and conquest of Borneo were driven by a U.S. embargo on this good, which is extracted in Brunei. For 10 points, name this fossil fuel sold by companies like Texaco. ■END■
ANSWER: oil [or petroleum; prompt on gas or gasoline; reject “natural gas”]
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