Oil and governance state-owned enterprises and the world energy supply

National Oil Companies (NOCs) play an important role in the world economy. They produce most of the world's oil and bankroll governments across the globe. Although NOCs superficially resemble private-sector companies, they often behave in very different ways. Oil and Governance explains the var...

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Other Authors: Hults, David R. (Editor), Thurber, Mark C. (Editor), Victor, David G. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2012
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Collection: Cambridge Books Online - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • The political economy of expropriation and privatization in the oil sector / Christofer Warshaw
  • Hybrid governance : state management of national oil companies / David R. Hults
  • On the state's choice of oil company : risk, management, and the frontier of the petroleum industry / Peter A. Nolan and Mark C. Thurber
  • Saudi Aramco : the jewel in the crown / Paul Stevens
  • Oil, monarchy, revolution, and theocracy : a study on the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) Paasha Mahdavi
  • Handcuffed : an assessment of Pemex's performance and strategy / Ognen Stojanovski
  • Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) : an enterprise in gridlock / Paul Stevens
  • China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) : a balancing act between enterprise and government / Binbin Jiang
  • Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA) : from independence to subservience / David R. Hults
  • Awakening giant : strategy and performance of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company / Varun Rai and David G. Victor
  • Brazil's Petrobras : strategy and performance / Adilson de Oliveira
  • Sonatrach : the political economy of an Algerian state institution / John P. Entelis
  • Norway's evolving champion : Statoil and the politics of state enterprise / Mark C. Thurber and Benedicte Tangen Istad
  • Gazprom : the struggle for power Nadejda Victor and Inna Sayfer
  • NNPC and Nigeria's oil patronage ecosystem / Mark C. Thurber, Ifeyinwa M. Emelife and Patrick R.P. Heller
  • Fading star : explaining the evolution of India's ONGC / Varun Rai
  • Petronas : reconciling tensions between company and state Leslie Lopez
  • Angola's Sonangol : dexterous right hand of the state / Patrick R.P. Heller
  • Major conclusions and implications for the future of the oil industry David G. Victor, David R. Hults, and Mark C. Thurber