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Oil in the Twenty-First Century
Issues, Challenges, and Opportunities
Edited by Robert Mabro
368 pages
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35 b/w figs, 28 colour figs, tables
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234x156mm
978-0-19-920738-1
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Hardback
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06 July 2006
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- A comprehensive book on a highly topical subject
Oil is hitting the headlines once again. The big increases in oil prices over the past two years are upsetting consumers and puzzling producers. The reasons are difficult to understand, since few people are familiar with the complex workings of the price regime for oil in international trade. It is said that sluggish investment is a major cause, but what are the reasons for inadequate investment in oil producing and refining plants during the last 20 years?
Does oil have a future? We are told that oil production will soon peak because the rate of production is higher than
replacement rates. Climate change problems are casting a shadow over the future of fossil fuels. There may, however, be a solution to the nefarious CO2 emissions in, for instance, technologies that sequestrate carbon. Oil's stronghold is the transport sector: cars, trucks, railway engines, planes, ships. The demand for oil would suffer a fatal blow if technical innovations in car engines make it possible to use an alternative fuel to petrol or diesel. New energy sources - wind, solar, tide, waves, geo-thermal - are both renewable and environment-friendly. Do they represent a threat to the future of oil?
An international team of experts addresses these highly topical questions in this comprehensive
volume.Readership: Students of economics, energy, industry, and related current issues; consultants and researchers in the oil industry.
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Edited by Robert Mabro Contributors:
Sheikh Ahmad Fahad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, President of the OPEC Conference, Minister of Energy of the State of Kuwait, and Chairman, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation
Robert Mabro, Fellow of St Antony's College, Oxford
Adnan Shihab-Eldin, Director of Research, OPEC Secretariat and Acting Secretary General, 2005
Bassam Fattouh, Reader in Finance and Management, School of Oriental & African Studies, University of London
Bassam Fattouh and Robert Mabro
Thomas S. Ahlbrandt, World Energy Project Chief, U. S. Geological Survey
Andrew Gould, Chairman & CEO,
Schlumberger Ltd
Benito Müller, Senior Research Fellow, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, and Managing Director of Oxford Climate Policy
Karl S. Lackner, Ewing-Worzel Professor of Geophysics, Columbia University, New York
Olivier Apert, President of Institute FranÇcais du Pétrole, and Philippe Pinchon, Director, Moteur Energie, Institute FranÇcais du Pétrole
Robert Mabro
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Sheikh Ahmad Fahad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, President of the OPEC Conference, Minister of Energy of the State of Kuwait, and Chairman, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation: Foreword
1.: Robert Mabro, Fellow of St Antony's College, Oxford: Introduction
2.: Adnan Shihab-Eldin, Director of Research, OPEC Secretariat and Acting Secretary General, 2005: The Outlook for Oil to 2020
3.: Bassam Fattouh, Reader in Finance and Management, School of Oriental & African Studies, University of London: The Origins and Evolution of the Current International Oil Pricing System: A Critical Assessment
4.: Bassam Fattouh and Robert Mabro: The Investment Challenge
5.: Thomas S. Ahlbrandt, World Energy Project Chief, U. S. Geological Survey: Global Petroleum Reserves, Resources, and Forecasts
6.: Andrew Gould, Chairman & CEO, Schlumberger Ltd: Technologies to Extend Oil Production
7.: Benito Müller, Senior Research Fellow, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, and Managing Director of Oxford Climate Policy: Some Aspects of the Climate Change Issue
8.: Karl S. Lackner, Ewing-Worzel Professor of Geophysics, Columbia University, New York: Carbon Sequestration
9.: Olivier Appert, President of Institut Français du Pétrole, and Philippe Pinchon, Director, Moteur Energie, Institut Français du Pétrole: The Future Technical Development of Automotive Powertrains
10.: Robert Mabro: Renewable Energy
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The specification in this catalogue, including without limitation price, format, extent, number of illustrations, and month of publication, was as accurate as possible at the time the catalogue was compiled. Occasionally, due to the nature of some contractual restrictions, we are unable to ship a specific product to a particular territory. Jacket images are provisional and liable to change before publication.
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