The New Global Oil Market: Understanding Energy Issues in the World Economy [Hardcover]

Siamack Shojai (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0275945839 | ISBN-13: 978-0275945831 | Publication Date: February 28, 1995

In the emerging post-Cold War new world order, the economics and politics of the oil industry will be quite different. New approaches and mechanisms are under way to deal with new challenges and old difficulties, such as environmental imperatives and the uncertainty of prices and availability. This edited volume provides an authoritative and comprehensive view of changing oil markets through informative discussions on global oil reserves, production and consumption trends, futures markets, refining, the political economy, and global environmental concerns. A very useful tool for researchers, scholars, and businesspeople in energy and environmental policy economics, political economics, economics of natural resources, and regional economics.

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Review

“Here is a comprehensive view of changing oil markets through informative discussions on global oil reserves, production and consumption trends, futures markets, refining, the political economy, and global environmental concerns.”–OIl & Gas Journal

“...this volume provides a comprehensive and succinct overview of the subject....Students, generally interested readers, and anyone looking for aggregate information about the subject would find material worth perusing here. Those who want to dig deeper will find a well-structured chapter outlining additional sources of information on the oil industry.”–Environment

About the Author

SIAMACK SHOJAI is Chair of the Finance and Economics Department at Manahattan College.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 280 pages
• Publisher: Praeger Publishers (February 28, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0275945839
• ISBN-13: 978-0275945831
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,007,283 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Decent, but uneven; definitely not "one-stop shopping", August 3, 2000

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This review is from: The New Global Oil Market: Understanding Energy Issues in the World Economy (Hardcover)

"The New Global Oil Market" definitely has its moments, and there is definitely a lot here, if you can only find it in this highly uneven book. Chapter 10, for instance, provides an excellent, original look at world oil supply disruptions since 1973. Other chapters, however, ramble on or are badly written and could have used some major editing. In the end, this book, although filled with a lot of good information, is not as useful as it could have been if 1) it had been better organized/edited; and 2) some of the weaker chapters had been eliminated or replaced with better ones on their subjects. Finally, a major problem with this book -- its uneven style, content, and quality -- may have been partly avoidable if the editor had been a bit more ruthless or at least settled on a few themes or approaches by his 25 "experts in the field". On the other hand, it may just be that there is some value in a book which makes clear the lack of consensus among world oil market analysts. Perhaps the "New Global Oil Market"'s goal of creating a comprehensive, succint, and authoritative book on world oil markets may, despite its best efforts, was simply unreachable.