1st Edition

Oil and World Power (Routledge Revivals) Background to the Oil Crisis

By Peter Odell Copyright 2013
315 Pages
by Routledge

316 Pages
by Routledge

315 Pages
by Routledge

The oil industry is the world’s largest commercial enterprise. Its extent is global; international issues are consistently influenced by considerations of oil production and consumption, while the international communications networks of the larger oil companies rival those of many nations . In this, the eighth edition of Oil and World Power , published in 1986, Peter Odell explains the... Read more

List of Maps, Figures and Tables; Preface;  1. Introduction: The World’s Oil Industry  2. The U.S.A. and World Oil 3. Soviet Oil Development  4. The Major Oil-Exporting Countries  5. Oil Policies in Western Europe  6. Japan: Growth and Dependence on Oil Imports  7. Dependence on Oil in the Developing World  8. Oil in International Relations and World Economic Development  9. The Revolution in the World of Oil Power, 1970-75  10. The Response to O.P.E.C.’s Challenge  11. Postscript; Suggestions for Further Reading; Index

Biography

Peter Odell