Petroleum, oil and gas industries

The 1973 'Oil Shock' is considered a turning point in the history of the twentieth century.

The 1973 'Oil Shock' is considered a turning point in the history of the twentieth century.

The arrest of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the head of the Yukos oil company, on 25 October 2003, was a key turning point in modern Russian history.

The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, commonly known as OPEC, has been a notoriously opaque and mysterious organization.

The quest for oil can be seen as a defining principle of global US foreign policy, an imperative which has shaped and redefined the practice of American diplomacy, especially in the wake of 9/11, which raised questions about the stability of global oil resources.

This is a study of the geo-strategic implications of the Taliban.

Nigeria is a country where petroleum prices and polio are both booming, where small villages challenge giant oil companies, and scooter drivers run their own mini-state.

Oil and natural gas are now acknowledged to be the driving forces of international politics.

The environmental, the economic - and indeed the political - impact of the catastrophic 2010 blowout of BP's well in the Gulf of Mexico has highlighted the central part played by oil in the modern world.

Oil has played a major role in Venezuela's economy since the first gusher was discovered along Lake Maracaibo in 1922.

Ecuador is the third-largest foreign supplier of crude oil to the western United States.

In Energy without Conscience David McDermott Hughes investigates why climate change has yet to be seen as a moral issue.

A Brookings Institution Press and Chatham House publicationNinety percent of the world's oil reserves are entrusted to state-owned companies.

The world as we have known it for the past century would have been very different without petroleum.

While most people live far from the sites of oil production, oil politics involves us all.

From Oil to Gas and Beyond chronicles the history of the petroleum industry in Trinidad and Tobago and appraises major policy decisions impacting its economy.

Black Beaches and Bayous: The BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Disaster provides a multidisciplinary, international perspective on one of the major disaster events within the United States during the last ten years.

It's in our food, our cosmetics, our fuel and our bodies.

It's in our food, our cosmetics, our fuel and our bodies.

A graduate-level guide to the application of rock physics in quantitative seismic interpretation.

An investigation of the potential and limitations of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the oil and gas sector.

A user-friendly, thorough introduction to quantitative modelling of sedimentary basins, illustrated throughout with real-world examples, applications and test exercises.

The first and only comprehensive examination of current and future legal principles designed to govern oil and gas activity in Iraq.

This book explains the links between past and present oil crises, financial crises, and geopolitical conflicts.

Demonstrates that the political institutions of authoritarian regimes and consolidated democracies are better equipped to create attractive policies for investors.

The first and only comprehensive examination of current and future legal principles designed to govern oil and gas activity in Iraq.

An investigation of the potential and limitations of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the oil and gas sector.

Twilight in the Desert reveals a Saudi oil and production industry that could soon approach a serious, irreversible decline.

The author of the bestseller The Iron Triangle untangles a web of political back scratching in one of the world's most powerful companies Halliburton-a Texas oil-field company Dick Cheney ran before he became Vice President-has courted controversy for the better part of the twentieth century, but only recently has it received intense media scrutiny.

How oil volatility may lead to violence among oil powers The world supply of oil is running out.

How oil volatility may lead to violence among oil powers The world supply of oil is running out.

With the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the United States' long war on communism was replaced by a perpetual war on terror.

The petroleum industry is among the most lucrative and most important in the world, and its impact within the realm of international politics is tremendous (although it can be overstated).

At the beginning of the 21st century, a new world disorder is emerging in which battles over resources are playing an increasingly prominent role.

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In 2006, world oil consumption will exceed one thousand barrels per second.

Clayton Wheat WilliamsWest Texas oilman, rancher, civic leader, veteran of the Great War, and avocational historianwas a risk taker, who both reflected and molded the history of his region.

After World War II, the discovery and production of onshore oil in the United States faced decline.

Petrocinema presents a collection of essays concerning the close relationship between the oil industry and modern media-especially film.

Petrocinema presents a collection of essays concerning the close relationship between the oil industry and modern media-especially film.

'Gripping' Economist 'Jaw-dropping' Sunday Times 'Riveting' Financial Times 'Fascinating' ReutersWe are entering an age of energy crises and food shortages.

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"e;Hookers, Cristal, and the rise and fall of the New York Mercantile Exchange .

“Juhasz bravely and expertly exposes the inner workings of an industry and a government riddled with secrets, lies, and deception.

A journalist chronicles his Texas family's century-long saga of faith and fortune seeking in this acclaimed memoir: "e;a Texas version of Hillbilly Elegy"e; (Bryan Burrough, author of Barbarians at the Gate).

The arrest of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the head of the Yukos oil company, on 25 October 2003, was a key turning point in modern Russian history.

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), made up of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), is one of the most resilient sub-regional organizations in the world, and the most successful in the Arab world.

Many people in the world today believe Bush's war against Saddam Hussein is only about oil.

'Sea State marks the arrival of a gifted and exciting new voice' Jon McGregor, author of Reservoir 13SHORTLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE PORTICO PRIZEA GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF 2021A candid examination of the life of North Sea oil riggers, and an explosive portrayal of masculinity, loneliness and female desire.