Oil in Burma
Subtitle: the extraction of "earth-oil" to 1914
By: Marilyn V. Longmuir.
Publisher: White Lotus Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Bangkok, Thailand
Language: eng
Number of pages: 329
Subjects: Petroleum industry and trade -- Burma -- History.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-316) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Introduction; title: 2 "The Celebrated Wells of Petroleum"; title: 3 Twinzayo, Twinza, and Taw-dwin; title: 4 Early British Commercial Interest in Yenangyaung; title: S An "Implicit Belief' in the Future of Burmese Oil; title: 6 The Rise and Decline of the Arakan Oil Fields; title: 7 "Troublous Times": The Aftermath of 1885; title: 8 Turbulence on the "Seas of Petroleum"; title: 9 Growth and Protection; title: 10 The Indian Market; title: 11 "A Matter of Great Imperial Importance"; title: 12 Competition on the Twinza Reserves; title: 13 The "Oil-Boom" is Over; title: 14 Conclusion.