The Oil Market In The 1990s: Challenges For The New Era (westview Special Studies In International Economics And Business)

This book reviews some of those changes that have occurred since the early 1970s. It examines how the efficient use of energy, particularly of oil, can help to create and smooth a transition beyond oil. The book sketches basic elements of the "supply curve" of available oil savings. Structural Adjustment In The Oil Industry / Gf Caruso -- Long-range U.s. Oil Security / Ma Conant -- Oil Refining : Planning Long-term Strategies In A Short-term Market / F Fesharaki And Dt Isaak -- Changing Structure Of The Oil Industry / Ph Frankel -- Medium And Long-term Energy Outlook / Ht Franssen -- World Oil And U.s. Imports : Is The Past Prologue? / Jh Lichtblau -- Drill Rigs And Battleships Are The Answer! (but What Was The Question?) : Oil Efficiency, Economic Rationality, And Security / Ab Lovins And Lh Lovins -- Oil Market And Production Control / Aa Parra -- Future Of Independent Oil Refiners In The United States / Rg Reed -- Oil Trading : Yesterday, Today, And Tomorrow / Ms Robinson -- Stabilizing World Oil Prices (swop) : A Security Strategy / Rw Snyder -- Future Of Futures / Je Treat And Bl Treat -- Oil Companies As Multinationals : The New Environment / L Turner. Edited By Robert G. Reed Iii And Fereidun Fesharaki. Includes Bibliographies And Index.