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BL
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630047
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| Main Entry
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Simmons, Matthew R
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| Title & Author
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Twilight in the desert : : the coming Saudi oil shock and the world economy /\ Matthew R. Simmons
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| Publication Statement
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Hoboken, N.J. :: John Wiley & Sons,, c2005
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xxii, 422 p. :: ill., maps ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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047173876X (cloth)
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: 9780471738763 (cloth)
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: 0471790184 (pbk.)
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: 9780471790181 (pbk.)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 391-408) and index
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| Contents
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The birth of a nation -- The history of major Saudi Arabian oil discoveries -- Saudi Arabia's road to oil market dominance -- The veil of secrecy over Saudi oil reserves and production -- Saudi Aramco -- Oil is not just another commodity -- Ghawar, the king of oilfields -- The second-tier oilfields -- The best of the rest -- Coming up empty in new exploration -- Turning to natural gas -- Saudi oil reserves claims in doubt -- Facing the inevitable -- Reading between the lines of the latest news from Aramco -- Aramco invokes "fuzzy logic" to manage the future of Saudi oil -- In search of crisper truths among the confident Saudi claims -- Aftermath
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| Abstract
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"Twilight in the Desert looks behind the curtain to reveal a Saudi oil and production industry that could soon approach a serious, irreversible decline"--Jacket
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| Subject
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Petroleum industry and trade-- Saudi Arabia
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Petroleum industry and trade-- Saudi Arabia-- Forecasting
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Petroleum reserves-- Saudi Arabia
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| Dewey Classification
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338.2/728/09538
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HD9576.S32S55 2005
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