Twilight in the desert : the coming Saudi oil shock and the world economy / Matthew R. Simmons.

Author
Simmons, Matthew R. [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, ©2005.
Description
xxii, 422 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

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          Summary note
          "Twilight in the Desert looks behind the curtain to reveal a Saudi oil and production industry that could soon approach a serious, irreversible decline"--Jacket.
          Bibliographic references
          Includes bibliographical references (p. 391-408) and index.
          Contents
          • The birth of a nation
          • The history of major Saudi Arabian oil discoveries
          • Saudi Arabia's road to oil market dominance
          • The veil of secrecy over Saudi oil reserves and production
          • Saudi Aramco
          • Oil is not just another commodity
          • Ghawar, the king of oilfields
          • The second-tier oilfields
          • The best of the rest
          • Coming up empty in new exploration
          • Turning to natural gas
          • Saudi oil reserves claims in doubt
          • Facing the inevitable
          • Reading between the lines of the latest news from Aramco
          • Aramco invokes "fuzzy logic" to manage the future of Saudi oil
          • In search of crisper truths among the confident Saudi claims
          • Aftermath.
          ISBN
          • 047173876X ((cloth))
          • 9780471738763 ((cloth))
          • 0471790184 ((pbk.))
          • 9780471790181 ((pbk.))
          LCCN
          2005006852
          OCLC
          58451824
          International Article Number
          • 9780471738763
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