1st Edition

Oil Prices and the Future of OPEC The Political Economy of Tension and Stability in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Coutnries

By Pierre R. Crosson Copyright 1978
112 Pages
by Routledge

112 Pages
by Routledge

112 Pages
by Routledge

The policy of the United States and, by extension, that of many oil importing countries, toward OPEC countries is in large part a function of an estimate of the factors that condition oil decisions in exporting countries. In this title, originally published in 1978, Ted Moran examines how immune OPEC can expect to be to the struggles over market shares that traditionally have beset attempts to... Read more

Part I: Introduction;   Part II: The Revenue "Needs" of the OPEC States;   1. Saudi Arabia   2. Iran   3. Iraq   4. Venezuela   5. Kuwait, Libya, and the Small Gulf States   6. Nigeria, Indonesia, Algeria, Ecuador, and Gabon   7. OPEC Revenue Needs and Export Preferences;   Part III: OPEC Exports and Unwanted Spare Capacity;   Part IV: Implications and Conclusions;   Appendix A: Saudi Arabia;   Appendix B: Iran

Biography

Theodore H. Moran