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基本説明
New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 2004. Parra here sets out the political and economic events which over the past 50 years have shaped the international petroleum industry and world affairs.
Full Description
Many international conflicts in the world today revolve around the control of oil - despite the protestations of politicians to the contrary. The unfettered availability of oil at an affordable price is basic to the stability, security and prosperity of all states - not just those in the West. Thus fundamental to any understanding of the politics of the contemporary world is an understanding of the politics and most recent history of petroleum. Francisco Parra sets out the political and economic events which, since the 1950s, have shaped the international petroleum industry and world affairs: the relationships central to continuing conflicts since 1950 between Middle Eastern governments, the big seven major oil companies and the governments of their home countries - the US and Britain; the struggle over oil prices; domination by the international companies; levels of competition and above all the control over oil resources.Parra concludes that more and far greater conflicts loom in the future, all driven by the dependence of the industrial world on the Middle East for oil, OPEC's volatile control over price, uncertainties in Russia and Central Asia and the growing hostility between "Islam and the West".
Contents
Introduction Ch. 1 Cornerstone Concessions Ch. 2 Big Bang and the Growth of the Markets, 1950-1973 Ch. 3 Fixing the Crude Oil Price Structure Ch. 4 The Growth of Competition 1950-1970 Ch. 5 Enter OPEC: The Early Years 1960-1968 Ch. 6 The Tehran and Tripoli Agreements of 1971 and 1972 Ch. 7 The Struggle for Control, 1971-1973 Ch. 8 Importers Take Heed, 1971-1973 Ch. 9 The Crisis of '73 Ch. 10 The Aftermath of 73 Ch. 11 The Crisis of '79 and the Second Oil Price Shock Ch. 12 Backlash: Prices and Policies, 1980-1990 Ch. 13 The Development of Non-OPEC Oil Supplies to 1990 Ch. 14 OPEC At Bay Ch. 15 War in the Gulf, 1990/91 Ch. 16 Oils New World Ch. 17 The Politics of Price and the Price of Diversity
