Oil and world power / [by] Peter R. Odell.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Pelican booksPublication details: Harmondsworth ; New York, NY : Penguin Books, 1979.Edition: 5th editionDescription: 272 pages : 3 illustrations and maps ; 20 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.2/7/282
LOC classification:
  • HD 9560.5 .O33 1979
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Contents:
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 world of oil power since 1973.
Summary: "A fascinating account of the world oil industry -- and more -- this book presents the diversity of geographical, political, and economic facts in a unity that holds ad rewards our attention. The oil industry is the world's leading industry in size. Its extent is global, affecting every country. International issues from Rhodesia to Sino-Soviet relations are influenced by considerations of oil production and consumption whilst the international communications network of the larger oil companies rivals those of the majority of nations. In 1950 the world's crude oil production was only 500 million tons. By 1977 it was over 3,000 million and may double in size again by the end of the century. Professor Odell explains the complexities of this gigantic empire and its influence on us all. There are chapters of the U.S.A, the Soviet Union, the oil exporting countries, Western Europe, Japan, and the oil-consuming countries of the developing world. This completely revised and expanded fifth edition prevents and evaluates the traumatic events in the oil world since 1973. These are described as having produced quite fundamental changes in the world of oil power structure and as having immense implications for future economic and political developments. This is the first attempt to examine this new structure in its proper perspective. " -- back cover.
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BOOKS BOOKS Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library General Stacks HD 9560.5 .O33 1978 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan NPML20040009

Includes maps and figures on Soviet oil and gas production as well as on oil, gas, and energy production in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Japan. The figures and maps also look at economic costs of oil and energy use in the 20th century.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-264) and index,

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 world of oil power since 1973.

"A fascinating account of the world oil industry -- and more -- this book presents the diversity of geographical, political, and economic facts in a unity that holds ad rewards our attention. The oil industry is the world's leading industry in size. Its extent is global, affecting every country. International issues from Rhodesia to Sino-Soviet relations are influenced by considerations of oil production and consumption whilst the international communications network of the larger oil companies rivals those of the majority of nations. In 1950 the world's crude oil production was only 500 million tons. By 1977 it was over 3,000 million and may double in size again by the end of the century. Professor Odell explains the complexities of this gigantic empire and its influence on us all. There are chapters of the U.S.A, the Soviet Union, the oil exporting countries, Western Europe, Japan, and the oil-consuming countries of the developing world. This completely revised and expanded fifth edition prevents and evaluates the traumatic events in the oil world since 1973. These are described as having produced quite fundamental changes in the world of oil power structure and as having immense implications for future economic and political developments. This is the first attempt to examine this new structure in its proper perspective. " -- back cover.

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