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Oil : anatomy of an industry / Matthew Yeomans.
Lippincott Library HD9560.5 .Y46 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Yeomans, Matthew.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Petroleum industry and trade.
- Physical Description:
- xxvi, 246 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New Press : Distributed by W.W. Norton, 2004.
- Summary:
- - 11 of the 18 million barrels of oil consumed daily in the U.S. are imported.- 18 percent of U.S. oil imports come from the Persian Gulf (mainly Saudi Arabia).- According to the National Academy of Sciences, the technology exists to boost the average fuel economy of automobiles from 24 to 40 miles a gallon, saving the same amount the U.S. imports every day from the Persian Gulf.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [217]-231) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1565848853
- OCLC:
- 54073782
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