While famous for its liberal policy towards oil and gas production, both before and after the discovery of North Sea oil and gas, the period from 1957-1988 actually saw the UK respond to shifts in power from the major oil companies to the oil-producing states, many of them in OPEC, by building up its competency regarding oil matters.
While famous for its liberal policy towards oil and gas production, both before and after the discovery of North Sea oil and gas, the period from 1957-1988 actually saw the UK respond to shifts in power from the major oil companies to the oil-producing states, many of them in OPEC, by building up its competency regarding oil matters.
Jonathan R. Kuiken is an associate professor of History at Wilkes University. He is the author of articles such as "Ignoring, countering and undercutting OPEC: Britain, BP, Shell and the shifting global energy order, 1960-1986" (2020) and 'La persistence d'empire? Le rôle des compagnies pétrolières britanniques en Afrique postcoloniale' (2017). He received his doctorate from Boston College in 2013.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction. 1. A more active phase: Upholding the status quo in a changing world of oil 1957-1962 2. Cartels and Chaos: Declining State and Company Power 1962-1968 3. Safety in diversity: the search for new sources of oil 1957-1969 4. Profits Abroad Taxes at Home: Oil and Britain's Finances 1957-1968 5. Participating in Defeat: Shifts in the Balance of Power 1968-1972 6. Facing Down the "Oil Weapon": Doomed efforts at consumer cooperation 1971-1973 7. Partners and Rivals: Battles Abroad Battles at Home 1968-1973 8. Britain First?: Weathering the "oil shock" and its aftermath 1973-1974 9. Oil in the National Interest: The Troubled Birth of BNOC 1973-1976 10. Preferring to dismember it: Thatcher the demise of BNOC and the embrace of a global oil industry 1978-1988 11. Conclusion
Introduction. 1. A more active phase: Upholding the status quo in a changing world of oil 1957-1962 2. Cartels and Chaos: Declining State and Company Power 1962-1968 3. Safety in diversity: the search for new sources of oil 1957-1969 4. Profits Abroad Taxes at Home: Oil and Britain's Finances 1957-1968 5. Participating in Defeat: Shifts in the Balance of Power 1968-1972 6. Facing Down the "Oil Weapon": Doomed efforts at consumer cooperation 1971-1973 7. Partners and Rivals: Battles Abroad Battles at Home 1968-1973 8. Britain First?: Weathering the "oil shock" and its aftermath 1973-1974 9. Oil in the National Interest: The Troubled Birth of BNOC 1973-1976 10. Preferring to dismember it: Thatcher the demise of BNOC and the embrace of a global oil industry 1978-1988 11. Conclusion
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