Gas Industries Books

New and Published Books

1. The Political Economy of Natural Gas

   By Jerome Davis

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy

   With greater reserves than crude oil and lower pollutant emissions that any other hydrocarbon, natural gas is posted to take the world by storm. Yet such a failure is littered with obstacles. Sources of natural gas are further and further removed from centres of consumption. Costs of extraction and...

   Published May 31st 2012 by Routledge
2. Energy Dependency, Politics and Corruption in the Former Soviet Union

   Russia's Power, Oligarchs' Profits and Ukraine's Missing Energy Policy, 1995-2006

   By Margarita M. Balmaceda

   Series: BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies

   Energy has become a major element to Russia's attempts, under Putin, to restore its influence over former Soviet territories and reaffirm itself as the dominant regional power. This book investigates how Russia has manipulated the energy of its neighbours on Russian energy supplies to achieve its...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
3. Oil and Gas in the Disputed Kurdish Territories

   Jurisprudence, Regional Minorities and Natural Resources in a Federal System

   By Rex J. Zedalis

   This book examines the historical and contextual background to the oil and gas resources in the Kurdish territories, placing particular emphasis on the reserves situated in the disputed provinces. The volume is singularly unique in focusing on an examination of the rules reflected in both the...

   Published May 9th 2012 by Routledge
4. The Taxation of Petroleum and Minerals: Principles, Problems and Practice

   Edited by Philip Daniel, Michael Keen, Charles McPherson

   Series: Routledge Explorations in Environmental Economics

   There are few areas of economic policy-making in which the returns to good decisions are so high—and the punishment of bad decisions so cruel—as in the management of natural resource wealth. Rich endowments of oil, gas and minerals have set some countries on courses of sustained and robust...

   Published April 14th 2010 by Routledge
5. The Political Economy of Oil and Gas in Africa

   The case of Nigeria

   By Soala Ariweriokuma

   Series: Routledge Studies in International Business and the World Economy

   The evolution of the Nigerian oil and gas industry spanned about a century during which several challenges were encountered and surmounted by major International Oil Companies (IOCs). This book provides a thoroughly researched guide to the Nigerian oil and gas industry. The author...

   Published October 21st 2008 by Routledge