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Oil policies, oil myths : analysis and memoir of an OPEC insider / by Fadhil Chalabi

Author
Al-Chalabi, Fadhil J., 1929-
Published
London : I.B. Tauris, 2010.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xvii, 311 pages) : illustrations
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Contents
IntroductionChapter 1: The path that led me to the world oil industry Chapter 2: Why OPEC? Confrontation or connivance? Chapter 3: New winds begin to blowChapter 4: Iraq's oil politics -- a precursor to the end of the oil concessionsChapter 5: The Shah and OPEC's oil price frenzyChapter 6: Of some OPEC's 'paper powers'Chapter 7: OPEC terrorised by the Jackal: the Carlos AffairChapter 8: The OAPEC intermezzo, and my exit from Saddam's regimeChapter 9: Iran's Ayatolla drives the oil market mad. (the period of the Iranian Revolution) Chapter 10: The backlash: OPEC is corneredChapter 11: The short-lived price collapseChapter 12: Problems with the quota-system. OPEC's disputed reserves fuel 'peak-oil' theoryChapter 13: In the presence of OPEC heads of state. OPEC's thwarted attempts to seek quota-complianceChapter 14: Dispelling myths about OPECChapter 15: EpilogueChapter 16: Addendum. Post-Saddam IraqBibiliography, glossary, chronology.
Summary
The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, commonly known as OPEC, has been a notoriously opaque and mysterious organization. In this book, Fadil J. Chalabi, an insider who spent many years at the heart of the organization as Iraq's permanent undersecretary for oil, invites us to discover the intrigue and arguments that have shaped OPEC policy since its inception in 1960. The author interweaves his analysis with first-hand experiences that give authenticity to momentous events, including the infamous 1975 Vienna hostage-taking when Carlos the Jackal kidnapped a number of OPEC ministers.
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ISBN
9780857719133 (electronic bk.)
0857719130 (electronic bk.)
9781848855083
1848855087
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-293) and index.
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