"This book focuses on the history, key industry and policy actors, and political economic outcomes in oil-producing African states, filling a gap in the literature on resource-abundant countries by providing an optimistic assessment of circumstances in contemporary Africa. John R. Heilbrunn's...

Evolution of the public sector of the Nigerian oil industry -- Development of petroleum policies -- Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) -- The Nigerian National Oil Corporation and its activities -- The vision of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation -- The stakeholders and...