Slater, Robert,  1943-2014. <br/><br/>
Seizing power :  the grab for global oil wealth / 
Robert Slater. 
 - Hoboken, N.J. :  Wiley,  c2010. 
 - xiv, 194 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Edging toward violence and chaos -- Two African oil nations: a study in contrasts -- China invades Africa -- Power in the desert: the Gulf and the Middle East -- Testing the oil system: the war, the embargo, and spare capacity -- The history of oil and the American dream -- Ethics and oil -- Hedging: insurance or speculation? -- How much oil is left and how willing is the United States to drill for it? -- Oil for the lamps of China-- and India -- Power shift -- Russia: Putin's war against the oligarchs -- Iran: arrogance as an oil strategy -- Venezuela: the world according to Chavez -- Brazil and Petrobras: a national oil company in a better world -- After the power shift: where will it all lead? 
<br/><br/> "Seizing Power is the story of a power shift in the business that produces, refines, transports, and trades the world's most important commodity: oil. This book focuses on the stability and predictability of oil, the supply, demand, and price, and the current and future oil powers"--Provided by publisher. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781576602478 (alk. paper) 1576602478 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2010002534 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBB037473  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>015505780  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Petroleum reserves.<br/>Petroleum industry and trade.<br/>Reservas de petróleo<br/>Industrias del petróleo.<br/>Petróleo--Industria.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HD 9560.5  / S631s 2010 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>338.2/7282