After drugs, oil. Tintin is really a genius who discovered all the tricks before everyone. And this adventure will lead him to Saudi Arabia, via Palestine where he will again be confronted Dr. Müller and find his friend Senhor Oliveira da Figueira (the seller of junk). And its role will be mainly to thwart the coup plans between different Arab clans (Emir Sheikh against) on a stroke oil. Besides, this is why he would be alone in the desert near a pipeline. My impression: this album is that quite exciting mins others. It is interesting, certainly, but it is not the best. Some remarks on the inspirations of Hergé: the Emir Ben Khlish Ezab is the double of Ibn Saud, the Saudi emir, and the small Abdallah, has been copied to King Faisal of Iraq ... Finally, we see that Tintin kidnapped by a group belonging to cheikk Bah Bel Ehr. hergé had originally chosen a group of Irgun, but it took Hergé update this version follows the story ...!