Myths of the oil boom : American national security in a global energy market / / Steve A. Yetiv
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| Autore: |
Yetiv Steven A.
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| Titolo: |
Myths of the oil boom : American national security in a global energy market / / Steve A. Yetiv
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015 |
| ©2015 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (273 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 338.2/72820973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Petroleum industry and trade - Political aspects - United States |
| National security - United States | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Myths of the oil boom |
| ISBN: | 0-19-021271-3 |
| 0-19-021270-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910463705003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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