Routledge Library Editions: The Oil Industry
Chronology of Venezuelan Oil
1st Edition
By Anibal R. Martinez
December 15, 2025
Chronology of Venezuelan Oil (1969) covers all aspects of the Venezuelan petroleum industry’s historical evolution: technical, legal, economic, social and political to create a reference source for scholars, teachers, executives, professionals and technicians, as well as students of the industry....
Oil Companies in the International System
1st Edition
By Louis Turner
December 15, 2025
Oil Companies in the International System (1978) provides an original and wide-ranging examination of the impact that the leading oil companies have had on international relations. It looks at the interplay between the oil companies and the governments of both the industrialised and oil-producing ...
Oil and Development in the Arab Gulf States: A Selected, Annotated Bibliography
1st Edition
By Walid I. Sharif
December 15, 2025
Oil and Development in the Arab Gulf States (1985) brings together in one volume the manifold sources of information on the Arab Gulf region, especially the impact of oil revenues on its economic, political and social development. It provides a balanced core of primary and secondary sources on ...
Saudi Arabia: A Case Study in Development
1st Edition
By Fouad Al-Farsy
December 15, 2025
Saudi Arabia (1986) is a major study of the political and administrative development of Saudi Arabia following its establishment as a leading world exporter of oil. It looks at the status of oil in the development of the state, as well as the political systems of government in the Kingdom....
Soldiers and Oil: The Political Transformation of Nigeria
1st Edition
Edited
By Keith Panter-Brick
December 15, 2025
Soldiers and Oil (1978) examines Nigeria under military rule from 1966 to 1978, a period of political change as well as economic – the period also saw a twenty-fold increase in Nigerian oil revenues. The oil industry became by far the greatest single source of public revenue, and the distribution ...
The British Economy After Oil: Manufacturing or Services?
1st Edition
Edited
By Terry Barker, Paul Dunne
December 15, 2025
The British Economy After Oil (1988) examines the future paths for the British economy as North Sea oil runs out. It considers the argument that the future lies in the promotion and growth of services, as well as the counter-argument that the future lies with the development of a strong ...
The Community of Oil Exporting Countries: A Study in Governmental Co-operation
1st Edition
By Zuhayr Mikdashi
December 15, 2025
The Community of Oil Exporting Countries (1972) looks at the oil producing countries of the developing world and their economic reliance on oil. This reliance comes with an unwillingness to leave their economic fate to the vagaries of competition, leading to co-operative schemes that protect them ...
The Libyan Oil Industry
1st Edition
By Frank C. Waddams
December 15, 2025
The Libyan Oil Industry (1980) gives a narrative and analysis of the economic consequences of the discovery and production of oil in Libya, from the searches for oil by the major oil companies to the establishment of Libya as one of the main exporters in the world. It examines the reasons behind ...
The Oil Industry in India: Some Economic Aspects
1st Edition
By Biplab Dasgupta
December 15, 2025
The Oil Industry in India (1971) examines the issues relating to the oil industry of an oil-importing country, and was the first of its kind. It looks at the pricing of crude oil and refined products, the economic significance of a domestic refining industry, the problems of joint production, the ...
The Quest for Oil
1st Edition
By W.G. Roberts
December 15, 2025
The Quest for Oil (1970) examines all aspects of the oil industry – what oil is, where it is found, how fuels are produced, transported and sold, and the ways in which the fuels are used....
The Social Impact of Oil: The Case of Peterhead
1st Edition
By Robert Moore
December 15, 2025
The Social Impact of Oil (1982) examines how the town of Peterhead in the UK, hitherto a remote fishing port, was changed by North Sea oil. It looks at the wheeling and dealing that went on between property speculators, multinational companies, local government and municipal bodies, as well as ...
Venezuela's Oil
1st Edition
By Rómulo Betancourt
December 15, 2025
Venezuela’s Oil (1978) explains the years of social injustice faced by oil-producing countries that led to the founding of OPEC. Venezuela, a founder member, is perhaps the best example of a young country claiming a just price for a non-renewable commodity. The fight for Venezuela’s oil is also ...