Author: United States. Petroleum Administration for WarPublisher:
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Category : Petroleum industry and trade
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Petroleum in War and Peace
Author: United States. Petroleum Administration for WarPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Petroleum industry and trade
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Geological Survey's Studies and Potential Reserves of Naturl Gas
Author: Hugh Dinsmore MiserPublisher:
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Geological Survey Circular
Author: Gold-quartz Veins South of Libby, Montana
Author: Russell GibsonPublisher:
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Category : Gold ores
Languages : en
Pages : 574
Book Description
Oil Powers
Author: Victor McFarlandPublisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231552076
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Since the mid-twentieth century, the United States and Saudi Arabia have built a close but often troubled alliance. In this critical history, Victor McFarland reveals the deep ties binding the leaders of the two nations. Connecting foreign relations and domestic politics, McFarland challenges the view that the U.S.-Saudi alliance is the inevitable consequence of American energy demand and Saudi Arabia’s huge oil reserves. Oil Powers traces the growth of the alliance through a dense web of political, economic, and social connections that bolstered royal and executive power and the national-security state. McFarland shows how U.S. and Saudi elites collaborated to advance their shared interests against rivals at home and abroad. During the 1970s, as higher oil prices enriched the Saudi government, destabilized the American economy, and changed the balance of power in the Middle East, leaders of both countries responded by consolidating their alliance. Facing objections from their own people, Washington and Riyadh chose to shield their partnership from public oversight and accountability. While American support empowered the Saudi royal family and helped the kingdom expand its influence across the Middle East, Saudi elites also encouraged a rightward shift in U.S. foreign and economic policy—with profound long-term effects. Oil Powers reveals the role of the U.S.-Saudi alliance in laying the groundwork for American military involvement in the Middle East and the entrenchment of a global order fueled by oil.
The A to Z of the Petroleum Industry
Author: Marius S. VassiliouPublisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0810870665
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 716
Book Description
The world as we have known it for the past century would have been very different without petroleum. Petroleum, particularly in the form of crude oil and its refined products, has been central to all aspects of modern industrial society and has been a major strategic geopolitical objective for nations. The 20th century was the age of oil, and at least part of the 21st century will be as well. Petroleum is used as an energy source and as a raw material for the production of an immense variety of chemicals and synthetic materials. Almost all the world's food relies on petroleum for fertilizer, pesticides, cultivation, or transport. Petroleum has been particularly dominant as a source of transportation fuels, an application for which cost-effective substitutes will be especially difficult to find. The A to Z of the Petroleum Industry presents a concise but complete one-volume reference on the history of the petroleum industry from pre-modern times to the present day. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, and over 400 cross-referenced dictionary entries on companies, people, places, events, technologies, and phenomena related to the history of the world's petroleum industry. Anyone interested in the history, status, and outlook for the petroleum industry will find this book a uniquely valuable source.
Historical Dictionary of the Petroleum Industry
Author: Marius S. VassiliouPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1538111608
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 671
Book Description
The petroleum industry is unique: it is an industry without which modern civilization would collapse. Despite the advances in alternative energy, petroleum’s role is still central. Petroleum still drives economics, geopolitics, and sometimes war. The history of petroleum is, to some measure, the history of the modern world. This book represents a concise but complete one-volume reference on the history of the petroleum industry from pre-modern times to the present day, covering all aspects of business, technology, and geopolitics. The book also presents an analysis of the future of petroleum, and a highly useful set of statistical graphs. Anyone interested in the history, status, and outlook for petroleum will find this book a uniquely valuable first place to look. This new second edition incorporates all the revolutionary changes in the petroleum landscape since the first edition was published, including the boom in extraction of oil and gas from shale formations using techniques such as fracking and horizontal drilling. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of the Petroleum Industry contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 500 cross-referenced entries on companies, people, events, technologies, countries, provinces, cities, and regions related to the history of the world’s petroleum industry. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the petroleum industry.
Oil Prices and Phase II
Author: United States. Congress. Economic Joint CommitteePublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
Circular
Author: Geological Survey (U.S.)Publisher:
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 286
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