Book Description
Covers every aspect of the industry. For the general reader. for other editions, see Author Catalog.
Author : Max Waite Ball
Publisher : MacMillan Publishing Company
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 26,12 MB
Release : 1979-01-01
Category : Petroleum industry and trade
ISBN : 9780672525841
Covers every aspect of the industry. For the general reader. for other editions, see Author Catalog.
Author : Max Waite Ball
Publisher : Indianapolis : Bobbs-Merrill
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 38,88 MB
Release : 1940
Category : Petroleum
ISBN :
Author : Max W. Ball
Publisher :
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 32,89 MB
Release : 1940
Category :
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Author : Max Waite Ball
Publisher :
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 29,39 MB
Release : 1965
Category : Petroleum industry and trade
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Covers every aspect of the industry. For the general reader. for other editions, see Author Catalog.
Author : Harry Lewis Bird
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 22,20 MB
Release : 2008-08-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1434475530
A detailed introductory guide to every aspect of the advertising field, including the "why," "who," "where," and "what" -- with illustrations, glossary, index, and more.
Author : Iván Sandrea
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 32,38 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Petroleum
ISBN : 9780692164754
When Mexico reformed its energy sector and opened its doors for exploration, countries from around the world were eager to seek its prizes. Leading the charge for foreign investment was Sierra Oil and Gas. In this book, Sierra's CEO and co-author Ivan Sandrea have partnered with a global team of experts to tell Mexico's rich exploration history.
Author : Robert McNally
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 17,16 MB
Release : 2017-01-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0231543689
As OPEC has loosened its grip over the past ten years, the oil market has been rocked by wild price swings, the likes of which haven't been seen for eight decades. Crafting an engrossing journey from the gushing Pennsylvania oil fields of the 1860s to today's fraught and fractious Middle East, Crude Volatility explains how past periods of stability and volatility in oil prices help us understand the new boom-bust era. Oil's notorious volatility has always been considered a scourge afflicting not only the oil industry but also the broader economy and geopolitical landscape; Robert McNally makes sense of how oil became so central to our world and why it is subject to such extreme price fluctuations. Tracing a history marked by conflict, intrigue, and extreme uncertainty, McNally shows how—even from the oil industry's first years—wild and harmful price volatility prompted industry leaders and officials to undertake extraordinary efforts to stabilize oil prices by controlling production. Herculean market interventions—first, by Rockefeller's Standard Oil, then, by U.S. state regulators in partnership with major international oil companies, and, finally, by OPEC—succeeded to varying degrees in taming the beast. McNally, a veteran oil market and policy expert, explains the consequences of the ebbing of OPEC's power, debunking myths and offering recommendations—including mistakes to avoid—as we confront the unwelcome return of boom and bust oil prices.
Author : Andrew C. Inkpen
Publisher :
Page : 17 pages
File Size : 44,63 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Gas industry
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Author : Bradley Hope
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 14,41 MB
Release : 2020-09-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0306846659
From award-winning Wall Street Journal reporters comes a revelatory look at the inner workings of the world's most powerful royal family, and how the struggle for succession produced Saudi Arabia's charismatic but ruthless Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, aka MBS. 35-year-old Mohammed bin Salman's sudden rise stunned the world. Political and business leaders such as former UK prime minister Tony Blair and WME chairman Ari Emanuel flew out to meet with the crown prince and came away convinced that his desire to reform the kingdom was sincere. He spoke passionately about bringing women into the workforce and toning down Saudi Arabia's restrictive Islamic law. He lifted the ban on women driving and explored investments in Silicon Valley. But MBS began to betray an erratic interior beneath the polish laid on by scores of consultants and public relations experts like McKinsey & Company. The allegations of his extreme brutality and excess began to slip out, including that he ordered the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. While stamping out dissent by holding 300 people, including prominent members of the Saudi royal family, in the Ritz-Carlton hotel and elsewhere for months, he continued to exhibit his extreme wealth, including buying a $70 million chateau in Europe and one of the world's most expensive yachts. It seemed that he did not understand nor care about how the outside world would react to his displays of autocratic muscle—what mattered was the flex. Blood and Oil is a gripping work of investigative journalism about one of the world's most decisive and dangerous new leaders. Hope and Scheck show how MBS' precipitous rise coincided with the fraying of the simple bargain that had been at the head of US-Saudi relations for more than 80 years: oil, for military protection. Caught in his net are well-known US bankers, Hollywood figures, and politicians, all eager to help the charming and crafty crown prince. The Middle East is already a volatile region. Add to the mix an ambitious prince with extraordinary powers, hunger for lucre, a tight relationship with the White House through President Trump's son in law Jared Kushner, and an apparent willingness to break anything—and anyone—that gets in the way of his vision, and the stakes of his rise are bracing. If his bid fails, Saudi Arabia has the potential to become an unstable failed state and a magnet for Islamic extremists. And if his bid to transform his country succeeds, even in part, it will have reverberations around the world. Longlisted for the Financial Times & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award
Author : Rachel Maddow
Publisher : Crown
Page : 461 pages
File Size : 48,93 MB
Release : 2019-10-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0525575499
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Big Oil and Gas Versus Democracy—Winner Take All “A rollickingly well-written book, filled with fascinating, exciting, and alarming stories about the impact of the oil and gas industry on the world today.”—The New York Times Book Review In 2010, the words “earthquake swarm” entered the lexicon in Oklahoma. That same year, a trove of Michael Jackson memorabilia—including his iconic crystal-encrusted white glove—was sold at auction for over $1 million to a guy who was, officially, just the lowly forestry minister of the tiny nation of Equatorial Guinea. And in 2014, revolutionaries in Ukraine raided the palace of their ousted president and found a zoo of peacocks, gilded toilets, and a floating restaurant modeled after a Spanish galleon. Unlikely as it might seem, there is a thread connecting these events, and Rachel Maddow follows it to its crooked source: the unimaginably lucrative and equally corrupting oil and gas industry. With her trademark black humor, Maddow takes us on a switchback journey around the globe, revealing the greed and incompetence of Big Oil and Gas along the way, and drawing a surprising conclusion about why the Russian government hacked the 2016 U.S. election. She deftly shows how Russia’s rich reserves of crude have, paradoxically, stunted its growth, forcing Vladimir Putin to maintain his power by spreading Russia’s rot into its rivals, its neighbors, the West’s most important alliances, and the United States. Chevron, BP, and a host of other industry players get their star turn, most notably ExxonMobil and the deceptively well-behaved Rex Tillerson. The oil and gas industry has weakened democracies in developed and developing countries, fouled oceans and rivers, and propped up authoritarian thieves and killers. But being outraged at it is, according to Maddow, “like being indignant when a lion takes down and eats a gazelle. You can’t really blame the lion. It’s in her nature.” Blowout is a call to contain the lion: to stop subsidizing the wealthiest businesses on earth, to fight for transparency, and to check the influence of the world’s most destructive industry and its enablers. The stakes have never been higher. As Maddow writes, “Democracy either wins this one or disappears.”