Leonardo Maugeri

The Age of Oil (eBook, PDF)

The Mythology, History, and Future of the World's Most Controversial Resource

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Oil is the most vital resource of our time. Because it is so important, misperceptions about the black gold abound. Leonardo Maugeri clears the cobwebs by describing the colorful history of oil, and explaining the fundamentals of oil production. He delivers a unique, fascinating, and controversial perspective on the industry-as only an insider could. The history of the oil market has been marked, since its inception, by a succession of booms and busts, each one leading to a similar psychological climax and flawed political decisions. In a single generation, we've experienced the energy crisis of 1973; the dramatic oil countershock of 1986; the oil collapse of 1998-99 that gave rise to the idea of oil as just another commodity; and the sharp price increases following hurricane Katrina's devastation in the Gulf of Mexico. Today, we are experiencing a global oil boom that, paradoxically, seems to herald a gloomy era of scarcity exacerbated by growing consumption and the threat from Islamic terrorism in the oil-rich Middle East. Maugeri argues that the pessimists are wrong. In the second part of his book, he debunks the main myths surrounding oil in our times, addressing whether we are indeed running out of oil, and the real impact of Islamic radicalism on oil-rich regions. By translating many of the technical concepts of oil productions into terms the average reader can easily grasp, Maugeri answers our questions. Ultimately, he concludes that the wolf is not at the door. We are facing neither a problem of oil scarcity, nor an upcoming oil blackmail by forces hostile to the West. Only bad political decisions driven by a distorted view of current problems (and who is to blame for them) can doom us to a gloomy oil future.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Mai 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780313071591
• Artikelnr.: 68527916

Autorenporträt

Leonardo Maugeri is Group Senior Vice President, Strategies and Development, for the Italian energy company Eni, the sixth-largest publicly listed oil company in the world. His articles have appeared in Newsweek, Foreign Affairs, Science, and the Wall Street Journal, among other publications.

Inhaltsangabe

A History of an Unreliable Market (and the Bad Policies It Prompted) John
D. Rockefeller's Cursed Legacy The Age of Gasoline and Oil Imperialism The
Carve-up of Arabia's Oil The Oil Glut of the 1930s Cold War Fears and the
U.S.-Arabian Link The Iran Tragedy and the Seven Sisters' Cartel The Golden
Age of Oil and Its Limits Oil and the Explosion of Arab Nationalism The
First Oil Shock The Countershock A Desert in the Storm: The First Gulf
Crisis The Soviet Implosion and the Caspian's Troubled Eldorado The
Collapse of Oil Prices and Industry Megamergers The First Oil Crisis of the
21st Century Misperceptions and Problems Ahead Are We Running Out of Oil?
The Inner Secrets of Oil The Puzzle of Oil Reserves, Production and the
Quest for Their Control The Problems With Oil Quality, Price, and
Consumption Trends Flawed Forecasts, Foggy Alternatives to Oil Arabs,
Islam, and the Myth of Oil Security Appendixes Proven Reserves, Production,
and Reserves Life Index of the First 20 Oil Countries in the World and the
World (2004) Consumption Trends of the First 20 Countries in the World,
1980-2004 Main Features of Some Qualities of Crude Oil Oil Production of
the "Seven Sisters" and Global Oil Production, 1950-1966 The Largest
National Oil Companies The Largest International Oil Companies Bibliography
Index