Petroleum, gas and development strategies of Saudi Arabia / Abdulhadi H. Taher ; translated from the Arabic by Judith Cumberbatch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Taher, Abdulhady Hassan.

Contributor:

Cumberbatch, Judith.

Language:

Arabic

English

Subjects (All):

Petroleum industry and trade--Saudi Arabia.

Petroleum industry and trade.

Petroleum chemicals industry.

Petroleum industry and trade--Political aspects.

Saudi Arabia.

Petroleum industry and trade--Political aspects--Saudi Arabia.

Petroleum chemicals industry--Saudi Arabia.

Physical Description:

185 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Saqi, 2011.

Language Note:

Translated from the Arabic.

Contents:

I Memories of the Past 15

1 Stages on a Long Journey 117

2 Lets Go Back to the Beginning 29

3 Key Petroleum Conferences 39

4 Refining and Trading 43

5 The Ruba' al-Khali (The Empty Quarter) 50

6 Conference on International Economic Cooperation, Paris March 1975-June 1977 53

II Gas in Saudi Arabia 59

7 Two Stories and a Crucial Lesson 61

8 The Start of the Master Gas Plan 69

9 Petrochemical Projects Dependent on Associated Gas Derivatives 74

10 Gas Production and Domestic Consumption 80

III Distinguishing Features of Economic Development in Saudi Arabia 89

11 Theoretical Study of the Political Framework for Development 91

12 The Islamic System in the Modern Age 97

13The Islamic Framework 104

14 The Theoretical Economic Framework 118

15 Social and Economic Theories: How to Transform the Economies of Underdeveloped Countries and Make Them Fully Developed 125

16 The Process of Choice 137

17 Stagnation and Growth in Saudi Arabia 141

18 The Applied Political Framework 145

19 Saving Strategies for a Rainy Day 154

IV The Best Comes at the End 157

20 The Best Comes at the End 159

21 Evolution of the World Economy 172.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780863564017

0863564011

OCLC:

646098862