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U.S. energy giant Connex is losing control of key Middle East oil fields in a kingdom ruled by the alSubaai family. The emirates foreign minister, Prince Nasir Alexander Siddig, has granted natural gas drilling rights to a Chinese company, greatly upsetting the U.S. oil industry and government. To compensate for its decreased production capacity, Connex initiates a shady merger with Killen, a smaller oil company that recently won the drilling rights to key petroleum fields in Kazakhstan. ConnexKillen ranks as the worlds twentythird largest economy, and antitrust regulators at the U.S. Justice Department DOJ have misgivings. A Washington, D.C.based law firm headed by Dean Whiting Christopher Plummer is hired to smooth the way for the merger. Bennett Holiday Jeffrey Wright is assigned to promote the impression of due diligence to the DOJ, deflecting any allegations of corruption.Bryan Woodman Matt Damon is an energy analyst based in Geneva, Switzerland. Woodmans supervisor directs him to attend a private party hosted by the emir at his estate in Marbella, Spain, to offer his companys services. The emirs illness during the party prevents Woodman from speaking directly with him while, at the same time, the emirs younger son, Prince Meshal AlSubaai Akbar Kurtha, shows the estates many rooms and areas to Chinese oil executives via remotecontrolled cameras. No one notices that a crack in one of the swimming pool areas underwater lights has electrified the water. Just as Woodman and all the other guests are brought to the pool area, Woodmans son jumps into the pool and is electrocuted. ........

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