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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778908903321

Autore

Hoong Ng Weng

Titolo

Singapore, the energy economy : from the first refinery to the end of cheap oil, 1960-2010 / / Ng Weng Hoong

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-136-58616-4

1-136-58617-2

0-203-15773-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in the modern world economy ; ; 99

Disciplina

338.2/7282095957

338.27282095957

Soggetti

Petroleum industry and trade - Singapore - History

Singapore Economic conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

At foot of t.p.: SMU, Singapore Management University/InternationalTrading Institute; EnergyAsia.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [262]-282) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Singapore, the Energy Economy From the first refinery to the end of cheap oil, 1960-2010; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Oil refining: the launchpad of the economic miracle; 2 The regional oil trading and pricing center; 3 Petrochemical's wild ride; 4 Upstream, marine and offshore; 5 Electricity and power; 6 Natural gas and LNG; 7 Bunker and marine fuels; 8 Sustainable development: clean energy, climate change, energy efficiency, smart grid; 9 Conclusion: the underrated threat; Notes; Selected bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Singapore might not have survived the 1960s and prospered thereafter had it not built its economy on the foundations of oil refining, trading and support for oil and gas exploration and production. Cheap oil, sound policies and strong government combined to produce the Singapore economic miracle in its first 50 years of self-rule/independence. With the end of cheap oil, how will Singapore fare and what is the relevance of its model of development for other countries?Singapore's successful launch coincided with a golden period of cheap energy, and a pro-globalization and free t