the coming Saudi oil shock and the world economy /
First Statement of Responsibility
Matthew R. Simmons
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Hoboken, N.J. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
John Wiley & Sons,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
c2005
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xxii, 422 p. :
Other Physical Details
ill., maps ;
Dimensions
24 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 391-408) and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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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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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"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
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Petroleum industry and trade-- Saudi Arabia
Petroleum industry and trade-- Saudi Arabia-- Forecasting