| Description |
xxii, 422 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 391-408) and index. |
| Contents |
The birth of a nation -- The history of major Saudi Arabian oil discoveries -- Saudi Arabia's road to oil market dominance -- The veil of secrecy over Saudi oil reserves and production -- Saudi Aramco -- Oil is not just another commodity -- Ghawar, the king of oilfields -- The second-tier oilfields -- The best of the rest -- Coming up empty in new exploration -- Turning to natural gas -- Saudi oil reserves claims in doubt -- Facing the inevitable -- Reading between the lines of the latest news from Aramco -- Aramco invokes "fuzzy logic" to manage the future of Saudi oil -- In search of crisper truths among the confident Saudi claims -- Aftermath. |
| Summary |
"Twilight in the Desert looks behind the curtain to reveal a Saudi oil and production industry that could soon approach a serious, irreversible decline"--Jacket. |
| Subject(s) |
Petroleum industry and trade -- Saudi Arabia.
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Petroleum industry and trade -- Saudi Arabia -- Forecasting.
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Petroleum reserves -- Saudi Arabia.
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