Preface Abbreviations The Players Essentials of Oil The Oil Companies The Oil-Producing Nations OPEC and International Oil Organizations The Issues International Relations Environmental Concerns Human Rights Economic Development Oil Politics and Its Global Impact Country Case Studies Iraq Mexico Nigeria Norway Russia Saudi Arabia Venezuela Bibliography About the Authors Notes Index

"Access to oil is the key, the precipitating factor for understanding the roots of twenty-first century war, revolution and the societal marginalization and economic deprivations that persists in the live of people of African descent. Whether in the United States, Latin America or Africa, the starting point for interpreting the black experience today, then, requires a basic knowledge of competing oil producing nations and their markets. This remarkable study is the starting point."

"Access to oil is the key, the precipitating factor for understanding the roots of twenty-first century war, revolution and the societal marginalization and economic deprivations that persists in the live of people of African descent. Whether in the United States, Latin America or Africa, the starting point for interpreting the black experience today, then, requires a basic knowledge of competing oil producing nations and their markets. This remarkable study is the starting point." -- Juliet E. K. Walker, Center for Black Business History, Entrepreneuership, Technology, University of Texas at Austin "Oil is a crucial part of the economic life-blood of most nations. It is remarkable that Professors Toyin Falola and Ann Genova have painstakingly researched the Politics of the Global Industry, a book that will truly stand the test of time and usage. The authors deserve high commendation because their work, due to its sterling quality, will benefit students, the general readers as well as oil professionals, who are interested in reading about this crucial industry." -- A.B. Assensoh, Ph.D., Professor and Director of Graduate Studies and Admissions, Department of African American Diaspora Studies, Indiana University-Bloomington "Falola and Genova are to be congratulated for this timely and extremely useful study. It should prove very useful to policymakers and others who are interested in restructuring the global oil industry to make it an instrument for poverty eradication and economic development." -- John Mukum Mbaku, Ph.D., Willard L. Eccles Professor of Economics and John S. Hinckley Fellow, Weber State University "Access to oil is the key, the precipitating factor for understanding the roots of twenty-first century war, revolution and the societal marginalization and economic deprivations that persists in the live of people of African descent. Whether in the United States, Latin America or Africa, the starting point for interpreting the black experience today, then, requires a basic knowledge of competing oil producing nations and their markets. This remarkable study is the starting point." -- Juliet E. K. Walker, Center for Black Business History, Entrepreneuership, Technology, University of Texas at Austin "Oil is a crucial part of the economic life-blood of most nations. It is remarkable that Professors Toyin Falola and Ann Genova have painstakingly researched the Politics of the Global Industry, a book that will truly stand the test of time and usage. The authors deserve high commendation because their work, due to its sterling quality, will benefit students, the general readers as well as oil professionals, who are interested in reading about this crucial industry." -- A.B. Assensoh, Ph.D., Professor and Director of Graduate Studies and Admissions, Department of African American Diaspora Studies, Indiana University-Bloomington "Falola and Genova are to be congratulated for this timely and extremely useful study. It should prove very useful to policymakers and others who are interested in restructuring the global oil industry to make it an instrument for poverty eradication and economic development." -- John Mukum Mbaku, Ph.D., Willard L. Eccles Professor of Economics and John S. Hinckley Fellow, Weber State University