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Seizing power : the grab for global oil wealth / Robert Slater.

By: Slater, Robert, 1943-.
Publisher: Hoboken, N.J. : Bloomberg Press, c2010Description: xiv, 194 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 1576602478 (hbk.); 9781576602478 (hbk.).Subject(s): Petroleum reserves | Petroleum industry and tradeDDC classification: 338.27282
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgments. -- Introduction: The Parable of São Tome;. -- 1 Edging Toward Violence and Chaos. -- 2 Two African Oil Nations: A Study in Contrasts. -- 3 China Invades Africa. -- 4 Power in the Desert: The Gulf and the Middle East. -- 5 Testing the Oil System: The War, the Embargo, and Spare Capacity. -- 6 The History of Oil and the American Dream. -- 7 Ethics and Oil. -- 8 Hedging: Insurance or Speculation? -- 9 How Much Oil Is Left ... and How Willing Is the United States to Drill for It? -- 10 Oil for the Lamps of China ... and India. -- 11 Power Shift. -- 12 Russia: Putin's War Against the Oligarchs. -- 13 Iran: Arrogance as an Oil Strategy. -- 14 Venezuela: The World According to Chávez. -- 15 Brazil and Petrobras: A National Oil Company in a Better World. -- 16 After the Power Shift: Where Will It All Lead? -- List of Illustrations. -- Index.
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Includes index.

Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgments. -- Introduction: The Parable of São Tome;. -- 1 Edging Toward Violence and Chaos. -- 2 Two African Oil Nations: A Study in Contrasts. -- 3 China Invades Africa. -- 4 Power in the Desert: The Gulf and the Middle East. -- 5 Testing the Oil System: The War, the Embargo, and Spare Capacity. -- 6 The History of Oil and the American Dream. -- 7 Ethics and Oil. -- 8 Hedging: Insurance or Speculation? -- 9 How Much Oil Is Left ... and How Willing Is the United States to Drill for It? -- 10 Oil for the Lamps of China ... and India. -- 11 Power Shift. -- 12 Russia: Putin's War Against the Oligarchs. -- 13 Iran: Arrogance as an Oil Strategy. -- 14 Venezuela: The World According to Chávez. -- 15 Brazil and Petrobras: A National Oil Company in a Better World. -- 16 After the Power Shift: Where Will It All Lead? -- List of Illustrations. -- Index.