TY  - BOOK
AU  - Slater,Robert
TI  - Seizing power: the grab for global oil wealth 
SN  - 9781576602478 (alk. paper)
AV  - HD 9560.5 S631s 2010
U1  - 338.2/7282 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Hoboken, N.J.
PB  - Wiley
KW  - Petroleum reserves
KW  - Petroleum industry and trade
KW  - Reservas de petróleo
KW  - Industrias del petróleo
KW  - Petróleo
KW  - Industria
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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?
N2  - "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
ER  -