The State Offshore: Petroleum, Politics, and State Intervention on the British and Norwegian Continental Shelves

by Brent F. Nelsen

Governments have been involved in the exploration, development, production, and abandonment of offshore oil and gas since the early years of the century. With the 1965 discovery of oil and natural gas in the North Sea, both Great Britain and Norway faced the immense challenge of extracting an energy bonanza out of one hundred meters of water and two thousand meters of rock. In this book Brent Nelsen explains the factors behind state involvement...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275938352
• ISBN13: 9780275938352
• Release Date: June 1991
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.5"