The Secret of the Seven Sisters

The Secret of the Seven Sisters

2013, Society  -   37 Comments
Ratings: 8.32/10 from 99 users.

Documentary series that reveals how a secret pact formed a cartel that controls the world's oil. Throughout the region's modern history, since the discovery of oil, the Seven Sisters have sought to control the balance of power.


At the end of the 1960s, the Seven Sisters, the major oil companies, controlled 85 percent of the world's oil reserves. Today, they control just 10 percent.



Tbilisi, Erevan and Baku - the three capitals of the Caucasus. The oil from Baku in Azerbaijan is a strategic priority for all the major companies.

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  1. New Yawk

    Hmmmm . . . Explains why the name of the 'Operation' was changed from Operation Iraqi Liberation (OIL)lol to Iraqi Freedom. (((SMH!!)))

  2. DustUp

    Agreed with "bb". For some reason using bb inside of "less than and greater than" symbols produces a period symbol.

  3. DustUp

    Agree with . It is more than difficult to change the past but possible to change your future. Unless of course your mind has been fenced in by the "edjukashun" system into just sitting on backside and blaming instead of "being the change". What kind of change? How about leaving the oil in the ground? We don't need it. Never did.

    1. Ethanol: Far cleaner. Can be made from most any non wood vegetation. Harvest algae in the Mississippi Delta, grow pi melons in the desert, recycle stale donuts and grain over production. Both gasoline and diesel can run on it. Carbon neutral. The plant protein is a by product. Feed it to livestock or use it as fertilizer. It stunts weeds getting rid of the need for herbicides. Ref: alcoholcanbeagas, located on the com web.

    2. Study Tesla and others that have followed. Space is not empty, it is filled with energy. The old timers called it the Aether. It is not sun or wind or rain dependent. When you figure out how to tap into it like T. Henry Moray, you will provide the seven sisters what they have had coming for a long time, if you can manage to stay above ground. If Tesla and Moray are not to your liking, there are several others. All that is required is uncorking your mind from the backside of the education system. Yet another propaganda machine manipulated by the seven sisters, actually the banksters who own the seven sisters as well as the media. And yet people volunteer to be mushrooms, fed full of manure, and choose to believe all that rot that comes out of the "press".

    One thing that concerns me about this docu. They stated that the usa was scheduled to be getting 25 percent of its oil from some country or others in Africa? Sorry I was half asleep having seen other oil related docus like "The Prize". That is a bogus statement. If fracking keeps pace, usa will be an exporting (lower states) nation. Which brings up another aspect about by passed facts. We kept on exporting Alaskan crude during the pseudo oil shortage, OPEC oil embargo of the 1970s which I experienced. Even then we were asking why aren't we using our Alaskan oil.

    Suffice it to say most things are manipulated for the benefit of the very few... until you become the change. Obsolete them like the buggy whip.

  4. bb

    stop watching , just try to be the director of the movie , and go invent ,produce something that brings income , so that You guys get freedom and liberty and peace.

  5. Chad

    I very much appreciate your information and recommendations DigiWongaDude. I read "Shock Doctrine" last year and if you enjoyed it I would like to recommend a must-read insightful piece about Russia's role in this topic and how it has effected it's relationship with the U.S. and the rest of the world. "The War Against Putin: What the Government-Media Complex Isn't Telling You About Russia" by M.S. King

  6. Keebler

    This is the first I've seen, anywhere, of any mention of the Seven Sisters. I have heard about them for years, but finally they're getting a spotlight.

  7. Maria

    The whole world knows by now that the so called "war on terror" is an absolute lie...American government totally ruined Iraq and manipulated the American people into believing that 9/11 was a terrorists attack, when in reality it was planned and executed by the CIA. Next is Iran's turn..and again..the American public are gonna be too naive to know the truth.

  8. WMDlololol

    Corporations go into a resource rich nations and turn them into 3rd world county's by bribing certain individuals or remove them and rip off there resources and create unimaginable poverty in their wake!
    and then people wonder why groups like ISIS pop up!

  9. WMDlololol

    I wish to thank TOP DOC for the doc's you send me! A lot of them have helped me open my eyes to Alot of s*it in the world as well the great people in the world!
    Thanks again

  10. aikanae

    Highly reccomended however it's too brief to get into all the complexities and context involved. It's also old already (Rosnet). Still, as a building block for understanding today's world, it's good and highly unlikely to be widely shown in the west.

  11. Bartolomeu Lança the excuse is called '7 sisters'?
    what a joke

    1. adam

      read all the shah's men + a line in the sand + the prize... this is a true story with a true label. those companies were called the seven sisters. their story however is no secret..

  12. David Dardis

    Certainly explains the fuel shortage of of 1973 and our presence in Iraq.
    Very well done. Everyone should see this.

    1. WMDlololol

      EVERYONE should see!!! Your RIGHT!
      Hunter Biden (VP's son) now sits on the board of directors
      for Ukraine's Burisma Holdings! It proves the US government is in bed with the SEVEN SISTERS and has been for a long time!

  13. arcot

    I always wonder how these European are rich with no natural resources of their own. The funny thing is they are complaining that Africans and other Asian country immigrants are bleeding their country. On the contrary these European countries are sucking and bleeding the so called third world countries for the past several hundred years and filling their stomach so far and keep doing it. I hope this will all come to an end very soon or later and i would like to see these European countries go down on their knees and begging other so called third world countries for food

    1. unknown

      countries.. countries.. countries.. Seriously, have you even watched this documentary? It's the greedy affiliations of a few CORPORATIONS that affected the decisions made by certain countries. Eliminate those corporations and you'll have a clean slate. Because they are the parasites, they profit the most of the economic welfare while citizens suffer for the sake of their greedy need of money. So, is it therefore the country to be blamed? If you were to ask me, it would be the corrupt politicians along with those corporations, not the country.

      Edit: I don't know where you live, but your statement about immigrants bleeding our economy is completely wrong. You should inform yourself more thoroughly before you make such ridicule statements.

    2. pookybear

      and you plan on getting gas for your car, your heater, your airconditioning, the plane you use to fly, your lights from where???

    3. WMDlololol

      Yes it's all about YOU! You couldn't give a rats ass about other people or their suffering
      just as long as You can jump in your car and drive to the nearest McDonald's so you can fill
      your piehole with Mac's!
      Your probably one of those that threatened your own father to the Authority's for trying to discipline you.......

    4. arcot

      "War By Other Means", i think you should watch this recent doc. It is not necessary to know where i live and i didn't post my self as unknown. I hope this will open up your mind and the facts about the real world power my europeans/americans

  14. bumpercrop

    This 1.5 hour documentary provides an excellent, succinctly edited, history of the big oil tycoon psychopaths, that were and continue to be the main culprits in world domination. The film documents the rise to power of the 7 companies, shortly after oil was discovered in Iraq in the early 20th century. The information is based on historical facts, not conjecture. One leaves this documentary with a much deeper understanding for the cause of past and ongoing wars in the middle east. Quite simply, politicians have been willing to do anything to keep the oil flowing for the consumers in the west. The resulting destruction of nature and human lives have simply been collateral damage to the almighty profit of tremendous amounts of money for the 1%. Big oil produced the first billionaires on our planet.
    The environmental side effects of greedy consumption are now taking a major toll on our planet. I highly recommend this historical documentary, fast paced, historical clips and interviews. excellent flow. 1 hr. 30 min.

  15. Timmy Poo

    Our history will tell of a time when so few controlled all.

    1. a_no_n

      already's called the medieval era

  16. bumpercrop

    I am finally understanding the history of oil. So many things make sense at last. Now I know why people in the middle east hate us.

  17. psychorealm11

    While watching this program I could not help but think back to when I
    and my wife are watching Chinese films about the different dynasties and
    how one dynasty would conquer another. In the movies one is usually
    seen as a hero dynasty over another. My wife turned once to me and said
    the irony of all the films we watch about this is that they were all
    bad. None of them provided the peasants with real rights. While this
    documentary went through all the players from the first 3 to the 7
    sisters. Ultimately leading to the nationalization of certain countries
    oil companies to the US, Russia and China. The same thought came up. All
    of this are bad. Some are worst than others. Obviously china, Russia
    and OPEC countries are worst than the west but anytime citizens of the west try to take power away from such financial elites what is their response. I guess my point is the more things change the more they stay the same.

    1. bringmeredwine

      Yup. There are no "good guys".
      I feel like a "peasant" whose life is in someone else's hands, no matter what I do or what I believe in.
      Sorry, I haven't watched this doc yet so I should just shut up!

  18. DigiWongaDude

    Really glad to see this on here, nice one Vlatko.

    If you liked this, there is an even better one here on TDF - "The Prize, epic quest..." [8 hours by PBS] 10/10 I couldn't stop watching. Superbly factual without any of the usual hidden agenda. It's long - nearly 8 hours, but well worth the watch all the way to the end!

    Then, a good follow up for the years that follow (by the same youtube user): "Oil, Smoke and Mirrors" (2006) and "Commanding Heights - The Battle for the World Economy" (PBS) (2002) - by the same team who made "The Prize", very biased towards economic globalisation (which I am not), but gives an insider view of those that promote it.

    BBC Horizon recently did a special called "Tomorrow's World", which in part takes you into the world's first GMO power plant, that could well be (IMO) the answer to the supply of biofuel (without crops) in years to come. I mention this because I fear that even if we meet our needs in the abundant supply of carbon based fuel (which is arguable I know), so that these cartels no longer have to 'invade' other countries, the wars will move in to the supply of fresh water...I fear. Especially when you see what the USA is potentially doing to it's supply through fracking, and the rest of the world begins jumping on board.

    The wheels turn and for all our ingenuity, little of substance really changes. All these programmes I've mentioned will teach you that it's in our nature to do the things we do. But perhaps we can begin to identify those problem areas...just identify...that would be a start at least. Perhaps then we could nail them down as we begin to understand where it all goes wrong. Before we do so again. Hey I'm an optimist.

    1. Imightberiding

      Thanks for your input, perspective & suggested viewing on this topic. I will do my best to sit through & watch this one, partly on your recommendation. Not sure I will sit through 8 hours of the other though. Maybe? It is a lot of time. Perhaps divided over many days if worthwhile.

    2. DigiWongaDude

      This is pretty extensive viewing on its own for sure. However it only touches on "Mr 5%" - a fascinating story, and hardly mentions the Rockerfellers. If you mange to reach The Prize, it grabs you from the getgo of how it (and the Rockerfellers) first began. Very insightful viewing all round.

    3. Shirley Major

      All this info is in the book "Shock Doctrine" by Naomi Klien. Also, "The Rise of the Fourth Reich". Milton Friedman's Chicago School of Economics from the '50's and the IMF today. Should be MUST reads in the educational system. "Twilight of the American Culture" is another explanation of how the government was on a mission to "dummy down" the educatioal system. Read this in 1998 when no one gave it a second thought. Makes me wonder about the connection of the Boston Marathon bombers (from the Caucasus) to ANY of this; or am I just reading too much into it ?????

    4. DigiWongaDude

      Hi Shirley, Naomi's "the Shock Doctrine" is also a documentary here and interestingly uses identical, almost uncut footage to completely reverse the narrative of 'Commanding Heights'. Free market capitalism vs. socialist nationalisation (and central planning) seems to be the perpetual argument here. Keynes vs Hayek. Control vs no control. Both have their merits, both are flawed, severely (imo). The rest (being the violent reprisals) are the knock-on effects that occur when one side doesn't get its way. In other words it's a power struggle, where intellectual, ideological and military mite is right, in the absence of agreement.

      To my mind this is what makes us an uncivilised species - our inability, or unwillingness, to agree (or beg to disagree) with others who oppose our views - which in turn leads to intolerance and indifference, and cultivates propaganda, lies and fear. This is what I mean by it being 'in our nature to do the things we do' (earlier post). This is where, I believe, our downfall originates.

      Are you reading too much in to this? No, I think you have your sights right on target. The problems are visibly 'fractal' by nature - they affect us all, not just the elites, but they become most visibly destructive through the most powerful. And the more power they achieve, the worse these failings become in their expressions.

      We all are subject to these failings, because they are built-in to each and every one of us. I truly believe Gandhi knew this when he said - 'Be the change you wish to see in the world.'

    5. John Marus

      'Be the change you wish to see in the world.', I wish I could be that optimistic. My way of thinking the whole system needs a reboot. We've tried voting for 200+ years, perhaps "When no one votes change will happen"

    6. DigiWongaDude

      Indeed John. I wonder...does "Jonathon Seagull" mean anything to you?

    7. John Marus

      more familiar with Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah, but yes I know the story. BTW, I started reading Naomi's "the Shock Doctrine" since you mentioned it, the doc here is only a preview, perhaps available on a torrent? B4N

    8. DigiWongaDude

      It can be found... ;-)

    9. 1concept1

      He means a lot to me! He changed my life at a very early age.

    10. DigiWongaDude

      ...tipping my hat.

    11. 1concept1

      I wish you'd take that hat off so i can get a better look at you.