Age of Oil The Mythology, History, and Future of the World's Most Controversial Resource

Name: Age of Oil The Mythology, History, and Future of the World's Most Controversial Resource
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ISBN: 9780275990084

ISBN-10: 0275990087

ISBN-13: 9780275990084

Edition: 2006 (Annotated)

Authors: Leonardo Maugeri

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Oil is the most vital resource of our time. Because it is so important, misperceptions about the black gold abound. Leonardo Maugeri clears the cobwebs by describing the colorful history of oil, and explaining the fundamentals of oil production. He delivers a unique, fascinating, and controversial perspective on the industry--as only an insider could. The history of the oil market has been marked, since its inception, by a succession of booms and busts, each one leading to a similar psychological climax and flawed political decisions. In a single generation, we've experienced the energy crisis of 1973; the dramatic oil countershock of 1986; the oil collapse of 1998-99 that gave rise to the…

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List price: $49.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group, Incorporated
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 360
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.584
Language: English

LEONARDO MAUGERI is Group Senior Vice President for Corporate Strategies and Planning for the Italian energy company ENI, the sixth-largest publicly listed oil company in the world. His articles have appeared in Newsweek, Foreign Affairs, Science, and the Wall Street Journal, among other publications.



Note by the Author


Preface


List of Abbreviations



A History of an Unreliable Market (and the Bad Policies It Prompted)



John D. Rockefeller's Cursed Legacy



The Age of Gasoline and Oil Imperialism



The Carve-up of Arabia's Oil



The Oil Glut of the 1930s



Cold War Fears and the U.S.-Arabian Link



The Iran Tragedy and the "Seven Sisters" Cartel



The Golden Age of Oil and Its Limits



Oil and the Explosion of Arab Nationalism



The First Oil Shock



The Second Oil Shock



The Countershock



A Storm in the Desert: The First Gulf Crisis



The Soviet Implosion and the Troubled Caspian El Dorado



The Collapse of Oil Prices and Industry Megamergers



The First Oil Crisis of the Twenty-first Century



Misperceptions and Problems Ahead



Are We Running Out of Oil?



The Inner Secrets of Oil



The Puzzle of Oil Reserves and Production, and the Quest for Their Control



The Problems with Oil Quality, Price, and Consumption Trends



Flawed Forecasts, Foggy Alternatives to Oil



Arabs, Islam, and the Myth of Oil Security


Appendixes



Proven Reserves, Production, and Reserves Life Index of the First Twenty Oil Countries in the World and World Totals (2004)



Consumption Trends of the First Twenty Countries in the World (1980-2004)



Main Features of Some Qualities of Crude Oil



The Largest National Oil Companies



The Largest International Oil Companies


Notes


Bibliography


Index