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Countries that are rich in petroleum have less democracy, less economic stability, and more frequent civil wars than countries without oil. What explains this oil curse And can it be fixed This title looks at how developing nations are shaped by their mineral wealth - and how they can turn oil from a curse into a blessing.

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An in-depth study of the increasingly close and wide-ranging relationship between China and Iraq, from economic and military cooperation to technological and cultural exchange.

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The result of the Harvard Study on the Future of Natural Gas, conducted under the auspices of the Energy and Environmental Policy Center at the Kennedy School of Government, it is comprised of ten articles reflecting the ideas, discussions, and debates of recognized experts in the field of energy policy.

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Doheny, for the first time, gives a complete and accurate estimation of the oilman's part in the Teapot Dome Scandal, detailing how Doheny bribed his friend Albert Bacon Fall, a cabinet member of the U.S. Secretary of the Interior, and corrupted the highest levels of U.S. government in an attempt to control the U.S. Navy's oil reserve.

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Until as recently as the late 1970s, the main channel for oil distribution was the integrated system of the major oil companies, while the volume of spot trading was limited to roughly 5 percent of the total oil trade.

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This book deals with the two aspects of the oil industry, the Arab oil industry as a unit, and its future.

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Oil and Gas explores the business and politics of this complex industry from a regional perspective. This book combines theory, practice and a range of international case studies to provide a comprehensive overview of energy management.

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Vo examines the key role of oil in economic relations between the United States and the nations of the Persian Gulf, providing a useful historical perspective.

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Yeomans explores the role of oil in America--from driving the US economic engine to consolidating the US's position as unilateral superpower--and explains the American consumer's love affair with gasoline and the automobile.

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This book offers an introduction to the economics of oil and natural gas extraction and production along with a discussion of pricing, taxing, and markets of these commodities.

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Because political events can determine the success or failure of an investment abroad, transnational companies must make every effort to analyze political risks as part of the decisionmaking process.

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In the second part of his book, he debunks the main myths surrounding oil in our times, addressing whether we are indeed running out of oil, and the real impact of Islamic radicalism on oil-rich regions. We are facing neither a problem of oil scarcity, nor an upcoming oil blackmail by forces hostile to the West.

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This study explores the implications of the American policy of containment of Iran, which is preventing Caspian countries from developing their energy resources because they cannot export through Iran. Peimani suggests that this could lead to exclusion of American oil companies from the region.

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This book is directed toward executives in natural resource industries, economic and strategic planners in public and private institutions, and those charged with the formulation and implementation of national, international, and transnational economic policy;

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The economics of the world's petroleum industry are outlined, the nature and significance of the large international firm are described, and the history of the oil industry, the operation of the major oil companies, prices in the industry, and the economics of developing countries are all covered.

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In the emerging post-Cold War new world order, the economics and politics of the oil industry will be quite different. A very useful tool for researchers, scholars, and businesspeople in energy and environmental policy economics, political economics, economics of natural resources, and regional economics.

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Examines a variety of topics such as the experiences of OPEC and non-OPEC oil suppliers in the 1980s, the adjustment of oil importers to changes in the market, the impact of oil price changes on both the developed and developing world, and future developments in the global oil market.

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The Political Economy of Venezuelan Oil describes the historic role of multinationals in establishing the oil industry there and the resulting coordination of an integrated, nationalized industry.

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Puts the politics of the oil industry in global context. This book examines the major players, the issues, and the most important oil-exporting countries. It provides a balanced portrait of the industry that looks beyond its role in war and Middle East politics. It is accessibly written for the lay reader.

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Oil was a basic source of conflict between the United States and Japan. This book examines the role played by the Standard-Vacuum Oil Company in the crisis that led to Pearl Harbor. "Stanvac" was the largest American supplier of oil to Japan and represented the single largest American direct investment in Asia before the war. In the context of Stan