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Twilight in the desert : the coming Saudi oil shock and the world economy / Matthew R. Simmons.
Author
Simmons, Matthew R.
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Language
English
Published/Created
Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, ©2005.
Description
xxii, 422 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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Petroleum industry and trade
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Saudi Arabia
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Petroleum industry and trade
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Saudi Arabia
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Forecasting
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Petroleum reserves
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Saudi Arabia
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Saudi Arabia
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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.
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ISBN
047173876X ((cloth))
9780471738763 ((cloth))
0471790184 ((pbk.))
9780471790181 ((pbk.))
LCCN
2005006852
OCLC
58451824
International Article Number
9780471738763
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