Petroleum & Oil Industries

The period from 1957 to 1988 was transformative for the international oil industry. The United Kingdon, home to two major oil companies, British Pe...

Oil and Gas explores the business and politics of this complex industry from a regional perspective. This book combines theory, practice and a rang...

Written by the leading expert in UK petroleum economics, this study provides a new, unique, in-depth analysis of the development of British policie...

It is an unfortunate truth that our oceans offer valuable resources that are too often used unsustainably. Time and again this is due to the failur...

Setting the price of oil, one of the most sought-after and traded commodities in the global market, has been a major issue in the field of economic...

This book analyses the impact that stabilization clauses have on the development of human rights and gender laws in resource rich nations.Given the...

Oil Spaces traces petroleums impact through a range of territories from across the world, showing how industrially drilled petroleum and its refine...

Oil Spaces traces petroleums impact through a range of territories from across the world, showing how industrially drilled petroleum and its refine...

This book documents the history of the Barbadian petroleum industry and the effort of that island's black-nationalist political elite to take contr...

Billions of dollars stolen from citizens are circling the globe, enriching powerful individuals, altering political outcomes, and disadvantaging ev...

In the complex field of carbonate reservoir evaluation, the intricate structural features present significant obstacles. This study tackles the ess...

An academic career was in front of me, but I sampled the oil and gas industry and stayed. Thirty years later I became CEO of an international compa...

First published in 1981, Libya: The Experience of Oil provides a comprehensive overview of Libya s socio-economic development since the reform of 1...

Becoming the centre of public debate during the 2014 Scottish referendum, the North Sea oil forms a crucial chapter in Scottish history. Written by...

On April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded, killing eleven workers and creating the largest oil spill in the history of U.S. offshor...

In the evolving environment of energy extraction, the conventional mindset that prioritizes profitability at the expense of safety and environmenta...

The oil-rich Niger Delta has, since crude oil was first discovered there in the 1950s, become the centre of social and political development in Nig...

This book takes an honest look at the fast-charging energy transition from the unique perspective of a solar space scientist turned oilfield engine...

During the 1970s, owing to their oil 'rents', Algeria, Iraq and Libya all seemed engaged in a swift modernization process. Oil was the godsend that...

This book is an analysis of how oil has affected governance and human, political, and economic development in the countries of the Persian Gulf and...

The Trucial Coast Diaries are the secret reports written in Dubai by the Representatives of the London based group of oil companies, the Iraq Petro...

The Trucial Coast Political Reports are a unique record of events, commented on by a small group of British men living in Sharjah and Dubai. This w...

'Fascinating revelations' Max Hastings, Sunday Times'An immensely valuable guide to a great and terrible industry' The Economist 'The book I have l...

This book is dedicated to an in-depth statistical analysis and modelling of international oil markets before and during the COVID-19 pandemic with ...