Oil Titans: National Oil Companies in the Middle East

by Valerie Marcel

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A Brookings Institution Press and Chatham House publication

Ninety percent of the world's oil reserves are entrusted to state-owned companies. Originally created as political instruments, these so-called national oil companies (NOCs) face new demands amid today's dwindling oil reserves and simmering social pressures. Increasingly, state-owned oil firms--particularly in the Middle East--are having to balance the political demands of their...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815754736
• ISBN13: 9780815754732
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"