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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810274903321

Autore

Yetiv Steven A.

Titolo

Myths of the oil boom : American national security in a global energy market / / Steve A. Yetiv

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-19-021271-3

0-19-021270-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Classificazione

POL000000

Disciplina

338.2/72820973

Soggetti

Petroleum industry and trade - Political aspects - United States

National security - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Myths of the Oil Boom; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; 1 Introduction: The Nexus between Oil and Security; I Oil Markets, Politics, and Prices; 2 America's Oil Boom Will Substantially Lower Long-Term Oil Prices; 3 Saudi Arabia Is an OPEC Oil Price Dove; 4 US Presidents Can Influence Oil and Gasoline Prices; II The Geopolitics of Oil; 5 More American Oil, Less Persian Gulf Intervention; 6 Oil Supply Disruptions Are Really Threatening; 7 America's Oil Consumption Is Only a Drag; III The Costs of Oil Use

8 Gasoline Costs What You Pay at the Pump 9 Big Oil Companies Dominate World Oil; 10 The US Oil Boom Should Erase Peak Oil Concerns; IV Conclusions; 11 Developing Comprehensive Energy Solutions; 12 Conclusion: The Synergistic Strategy; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The last decade has seen a far-reaching revolution in the oil industry, both in the US and globally. By some measures, America is on pace to become the world's biggest oil producer, an outcome that was inconceivable just a few years ago. But what does this shift really mean for American and global security? In Myths of the Oil Boom, Steve A. Yetiv, an award-winning expert on the geopolitics of oil, takes stock of our new era of heightened petroleum production and sets out to



demolish both the old myths and misconceptions about oil and the new ones that are quickly proliferating. As he explains