The global game of oil pipelines

Cover Page -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents Page -- List of figures Page -- List of abbreviations Page -- Introduction -- Part I Oil and the pipelines -- 1 The underground genie: origin and the coming end of oil -- 2 Oil pipes: containers and carriers -- Part II The gulf: oil epicentre -- 3 Saudi Arabia: swings, surges and wars -- 4 Iraq: Wars, Kurds and the Islamic State -- Part III Pipelines and protests -- 5 The USA: protests over the Dakota Access Pipeline -- 6 Canada: export, import and domestic pipelines -- Part IV Richly endowed, stringently restrained -- 7 Russia: friendship to business like any other -- 8 Iran: sanctioned and stifled -- Conclusions: past, present and prognosis -- Bibliography -- Index.