Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Tables -- Charts -- CHAPTER I. Introduction -- CHAPTER II. Structure of the Gulf Coast refinery market -- CHAPTER III. The conditions of entry into the Gulf Coast refinery market -- CHAPTER IV. Price behavior in the Gulf Coast refinery market -- CHAPTER V....

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...

The expansion of capital, oil scarcity and the contradiction of space -- Contradictions of capitalist accumulation : inter-capitalist competition, the production of raw material and the contradiction of space -- Imperialism and the geographical contradictions of monopoly capital -- Oil in the...

State or Market? -- Both or Neither? -- A Brief Historical Overview -- The First Wave: Colonial Oil Importers -- The Second Wave: Oil Exporters -- The Third Wave: Russia And China In The 21st Century -- Intentions And Design -- Capturing Economic Rent -- Oil Risk, Business Culture And Governance...

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...