Oil and governance
Subtitle: state-owned enterprises and the world energy supply
By: [edited by] David R. Hults, Mark C. Thurber, David G. Victor
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1014
ISBN-13: 9781107004429
Subjects: POLITICAL SCIENCE / Economic Conditions; Petroleum industry and trade; Government policy; Government Corporations; History
Description: "National Oil Companies (NOCs) play an important role in the world economy. They produce most of the world's oil and bankroll governments across the globe. Although NOCs superficially resemble private-sector companies, they often behave in very different ways. Oil and Governance explains the variation in performance and strategy for NOCs and provides fresh insights into the future of the oil industry as well as the politics of the oil-rich countries where NOCs dominate. It comprises fifteen case studies, each following a common research design, of NOCs based in the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe. The book also includes cross-cutting pieces on the industrial structure of the oil industry and the politics and administration of NOCs. This book is the largest and most systematic analysis of NOCs to date and is suitable for audiences from industry and academia, as well as policy makers"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: List of figures; List of tables; Part I. Introduction: 1. Introduction David Hults, Mark Thurber and David Victor; Part II. Thematic Studies of National Oil Companies: 2. The political economy of expropriation and privatization in the oil sector Christofer Warshaw; 3. Hybrid governance: state management of national oil companies David Hults; 4. On the choice of oil company: risk, management, and the frontier of the petroleum industry Pete Nolan and Mark Thurber; Part III. National Oil Company Case Studies: 5. SAUDI ARABIA; title: Saudi Aramco: a giant amongst giants Paul Stevens; 6. IRAN; title: oil, monarchy, revolution, and theocracy: a study on the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) Paasha Mahdavi; 7. MEXICO; title: handcuffed: an assessment of Pemex's performance and strategy Ognen Stojanovski; 8. KUWAIT; title: Kuwait Petroleum Corporation: an enterprise in grid Paul Stevens; 9. CHINA; title: China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC): a balancing act between enterprise and government Binbin Jiang; 10. VENEZUELA; title: Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A.: from independence to subservience David Hults; 11. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; title: awakening giant: strategy and performance of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company David Victor and Varun Rai; 12. BRAZIL; title: Petrobras: strategy and performance Adilson de Oliveira; 13. ALGERIA; title: Sonatrach: the political economy of an Algerian state institution John Entelis; 14. NORWAY; title: Norway's evolving champion: Statoil and the politics of state enterprise Mark Thurber and Benedicte Tangen Istad; 15. RUSSIA; title: Gazprom: the struggle for power Nadejda Victor and Inna Sayfer; 16. NIGERIA; title: the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and Nigeria's network for oil patronage Mark Thurber, Ify Emelife and Patrick R. P. Heller; 17. INDIA; title: fading star: explaining the evolution of India's Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) Varun Rai; 18. MALAYSIA; title: Petronas: reconciling tensions between company and state Leslie Lopez; 19. ANGOLA; title: Sonangol: dexterous right hand of the state Patrick R. P. Heller; Part IV. Conclusions and Implications: 20. Major conclusions and implications for the future of the oil industry David Victor, Mark Thurber and David Hults; Part V. Appendices: I. Performance ranking; II. Depletion; Index.