A questionnaire probe in four parts: Characteristics of Respondents, Results of the First Interviewers, Results of the Panel Study and Implications of Opinions. With 20 tables and appendixes containing questionnaires and frequency distribution of responses.

Surveys the oil industry in Southeast Asia, discussing recent developments in the field in terms of areas and patterns of production, areas of exploration, patterns of trade and types of downstream oil operations. 28 tables, 25 diagrams and 24 maps facilitate readers' grasp of the nature and...

In 1965, Royal Dutch Shell started experimenting with a new approach to preparing for the future. This approach, called scenario planning, eschewed forecasting in favor of plausible alternative stories. By using stories, or "scenarios," Shell aimed to avoid the false assumption that the future...

1928 installierten die internationalen Ölkonzerne ein globales Hochpreiskartell, das sie bis 1938 gegen den Widerstand einiger Außenseiter zu behaupten versuchten. In diesen ölhistorisch bedeutsamen Zeitraum fiel die Abkehr des Deutschen Reiches von der Weltwirtschaft. Unter den Bedingungen...

Oil was a basic source of conflict between the United States and Japan. This book examines the role played by the Standard-Vacuum Oil Company in the crisis that led to Pearl Harbor. ""Stanvac"" was the largest American supplier of oil to Japan and represented the single largest American direct...

Aims to examine two problems arising from the presence of oil deposits in the South China Sea: the first relating to national ownership and the second to the systems used in development of deposits. The oil crisis will spur development of oil resources in the region for local use and export...

The main purpose of this study is to analyse the role of foreign investment in the search for oil in the Philippines. In this respect, it analyses the outlook, views, conceptions and preconceptions of the Philippine Government, the Philippine Congress, private enterprise and the public toward...

This paper seeks to explain the linkage between oil and development in Brunei. Oil is presently the biggest business in Brunei. As elsewhere, it is fraught with political overtones. The oil industry in Brunei is dominated by Brunei Shell. However, unlike the position of oil companies in other...