Oil / James Laxer.

Provides an overview of the petroleum industry, its history, and its key players; examines the relationship between oil, finance, and politics; and explores the future of oil as supplies diminish and global warming threatens.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Groundwork guides.
Main Author: Laxer, James
Language:English
Published: Toronto : Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press, [2008], ©2008.
Series:Groundwork guides.
Subjects:
Petroleum industry and trade > Political aspects.
Petroleum industry and trade > Economic aspects.
Petroleum reserves > Political aspects.
Energy consumption > Environmental aspects.
World politics > 21st century.
Online Access:
Connect to: Table of contents only - All users (Cataloging @ Library of Congress)
Physical Description:144 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Variant Title:
Oil : a Groundwork guide. [Cover title]
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Hydrocarbon Age
  • Petroleum and the petroleum industry
  • Petroleum and power politics in the Middle East
  • Russian and Caspian Sea petroleum and its European consumers
  • Oil in the Western hemisphere
  • Peak oil and global warming
  • Unprecedented challenges
  • Oil timeline
  • Notes
  • For further information
  • Index.