Politics of Oil

<p>This title presents key information on the oil industry world-wide and will be of interest to anyone involved in or studying the politics of oil production processing and selling. Oil has long been at the forefront of political agendas and with increased tensions in the Middle East there has never been a greater need for up-to-date reliable information on this key industry.</p><p>Four sections present a through overview of current issues in the politics of oil in historical perspectives. The first section consists of essays written by a variety of academic and other experts on topics including oil and the global political economy supermajor oil companies and geopolitics oil and Iraq and environmental conflict in Nigeria. The second section is an A-Z glossary for reference of theories issues organizations countries conflicts and disputes including entries on Azerbaijan Baku-Ceyhan Pipeline Carter Doctrine Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Greenpeace Peak Oil etc. The third section includes detailed maps both regional and worldwide showing oil pipelines oil reserves production consumption and trade flows as well as statistics on petroleum reserves production consumption trade movements and imports and exports. The final section is a select bibliography. </p>