Oil Men, Territorial Ambitions and Political Agents : From Pearls to Oil in the Trucial States of the Gulf (2 Vols)

Heard, David

Gerlach Press（2019/04発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 900 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9783959940641
• DDC分類 338.27282095357

Full Description

Oil Men represents a unique resource for the student of the challenges, both physical and political, of oil prospecting in a region with no infrastructure and no formal boundaries between local power bases. The book charts the slow and unexpected transformation of the emirates from poverty to undreamed-of wealth. Detailed coverage with extensive access to primary sources describes the frequently tortuous negotiations between oil companies, sheikhs and regional political agents, all of whom sought to protect their different vested interests. The author has had full access to company records which are quoted throughout, including progress reports, minutes of meetings, telegrams and other primary sources, which are collected in full in Volume 2.

Contents

Introduction
Chapter 1. Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Before and During the War Years
Chapter 2. Don't Shoot the Geologist
Chapter 3. Adventures in the Sultanate of Oman
Chapter 4. Turbulent Times
Chapter 5. Drilling at Last
Chapter 6. The Continental Shelf
Chapter 7. Activity on the Borderline
Chapter 8. Exit Superior. Enter AIOC (BP) - D'Arcy
Chapter 9. The Buraimi Oases
Chapter 10. The Liwa Oases
Chapter 11. The Return to Drilling
Chapter 12. The Lion is Provoked
Epilogue
Time line
The Maps
The Photographs
Bibliography
Appendices Chapters 1-12