Oil : a cultural and geographic encyclopedia of black gold / Xiaobing Li and Michael Molina, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Li, Xiaobing, 1954-

Molina, Michael.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Standardized Title:

Oil (2014)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Petroleum engineering--Encyclopedias.

Petroleum engineering.

Petroleum reserves--Encyclopedias.

Petroleum reserves.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (2 volumes (xxxi, 759 pages)) : illustrations, maps

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, LLC, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Despite ongoing efforts to find alternatives, oil is still one of the most critical-and valuable-commodities on earth. This two-volume set provides extensive background information on key topics relating to oil, profiles countries that are major producers and consumers of oil, and examines relevant political issues.

Contents:

Cover; Volume 1: Topics; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Abu Dhabi National Oil Company; Alaska Oil Pipeline; American Petroleum Institute (API); Amoco Cadiz (France) (1978); Anglo-American Petroleum Agreement (1944); Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC); Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR); Asian Economic Crisis (1997-1998); Azadegan Field (Iran); Bolivar Coastal Field (Venezuela); Branobel Operating Company; British Petroleum (BP); Burgan Field (Kuwait); Cantarell Field (Mexico); Chesapeake Energy; China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC)

China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC)China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (Sinopec); ConocoPhillips; Crude Oil; Cushing, Oklahoma; Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill (Gulf of Mexico, 2010); Devon Energy Corporation; Drake Well (Pennsylvania); Drillship; Dubai Petroleum Company; Dutch Disease; East Texas Oil Field; Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC); Energy Consumption; Exploration; Exports; Extraction; Exxon Valdez (Alaska, 1989); ExxonMobil; Fossil Fuels; Gasoline; Gazprom (Russia); Ghawar Field (Saudi Arabia); Globalization; Great Depression (1930s); Greenhouse Gas

Guimaras Oil Spill (Philippines, 2006)Hirsch Report (2005); House of Saud; Hubbert, M. King (1903-1989); Hubbert Peak Theory; Hurricane Rita (2005); Imports; Industrial Revolution; International Energy Agency (IEA); Iraq, U.S. Invasion of (2003); Iraq National Oil Company (INOC); Ixtoc Oil Spill (Gulf of Mexico, 1979-1980); Jakob Maersk (Portugal, 1975); Kerosene; Kerr-McGee; Keystone XL Pipeline; Kuwait Oil Fires (1991); Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC); Lakeview Gusher (California); Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG); Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG); Lukasiewicz, Ignacy (1822-1882)

Lukoil (Russia)Mossadegh, Mohammad (1882-1967); MT Independenta (Turkey, 1979); Nasser, Gamal Abdel (1918-1970); National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC); Natural Gas; New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX); Niger Delta (Nigeria) (1976-1996); Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC); 1967 Oil Embargo; 1973 Energy Crisis; 1979 Energy Crisis; Nobel, Ludvig (1831-1888); North Slope (Alaska); Occidental Petroleum; Odyssey (North Atlantic, 1988); Offshore Oil; Oil and Gas Pipeline; Oil Barrel; Oil Boom; Oil Conservation; Oil Depletion; Oil Field; Oil Imperialism; Oil Major; Oil Nationalization

Oil OligarchsOil Prices; Oil Sands; Oil Shale; Oil Tanker; Oil Transportation; Oil Well; Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC); Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC); Pahlavi, Mohammad Reza, Shah of Iran (1919-1980); Pemex (Mexico); Pennzoil; Pertamina (Indonesia); Petrobras (Brazil); Petrochemicals; Petrodollars; Petroecuador (Ecuador); Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) (Venezuela); Petroleum Politics; Petroleum Products; Petronas (Malaysia); Pipeline; Piper Alpha North Sea Explosion (1988); Pollutants of the Petroleum Industry

Prestige Oil Spill (Spain, 2002)

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9798400692826

9798216124443

9781785399305

1785399306

9781610692724

1610692721

OCLC:

898079384