Introduction and Overview -- Part 1: A history of mistrust and struggle: -- Oil and geopolitics in the 1970s and 1980s -- OPEC and the Roaring 1990s -- The 2000s: The Boom and Bust Cycles -- Part 2: OPEC and the New Reality -- A false dawn: Myths and Realities of OPEC’s power -- Technology and...

Requirement and Present Situation of the Oil and Gas Resources in China -- Main Fields of Oil and Gas Exploration and Problems -- Prediction of Development Objectives in Scientific Field on Oil and Gas Resource in the Future -- Primary Scientific Research Orientations in Terms of Oil and Gas...

With frequent discoveries of energy resources in remote and undeveloped areas, the importance of transnational oil and gas pipelines is set to grow ever more prominent. This study dissects the diplomacy and bargaining power of the transit country and the shifting economic relations involved in...

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This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book examines how China can increase the share of natural gas in its energy system. China’s energy strategy has global ramifications and impact, and central to this strategy is the country’s transition from coal to gas. The book...