Author: Matthew R. Simmons Format: Hardcover Pages: 448 ISBN: 978-0-471-73876-3 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Year Published: 2005 Item Number: 100-1232 Availability: Usually ships in 7 to 10 days.

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Description In 'Twilight in the Desert: The Coming Saudi Oil Shock and the World Economy', author Matthew R. Simmons puts forward the case that Saudi Arabia's production of oil will soon reach an apex, after which the world will face an oil shortage. The book offers an in-depth look at the world oil market and the alleged mismanagement of Saudi oil resources, showing how the Saudi system could stall under the pressure of higher world oil demand.

Contents

• PART I: FROM BEDOUIN TO BOURGEOISIE
• Chapter 1. The Birth of a Nation: A Century of Extraordinary Change and Economic Challenges
• Chapter 2. The History of Major Saudi Arabian Oil Discoveries
• Chapter 3. Saudi Arabia’s Road To Oil Market Dominance
• Chapter 4. The Veil of Secrecy Over Saudi Oil Reserves & Production
• PART II: THE END OF THE SAUDI OIL BOUNTY
• Chapter 5. Saudi Aramco: A Company that Produces More Oil than Any Country
• Chapter 6. Oil Is Not Just Another Commodity: A Primer on the Science of Producing Oil and Gas
• PART III: A FIELD-BY-FIELD ASSESSMENT OF 12 SAUDI OILFIELDS
• Chapter 7. Giants At The Tipping Point - An Assessment of 12 Saudi Oilfields
• Chapter 8. The Second-Tier Oilfields: Abqaiq, Safaniya, and Berri
• Chapter 9. The Best of the Rest: The Lower-Production Oilfields
• Chapter 10. Coming Up Empty in New Exploration
• Chapter 11. Turning to Natural Gas
• PART IV: TWILIGHT IN THE DESERT
• Chapter 12. Saudi Oil Reserves Claims in Doubt
• Chapter 13. Facing the Inevitable: The Dimming Future of Saudi Arabia’s Oil Industry
• Chapter 14. Reading Between the Lines of the Latest News from Saudi Aramco: All Is Not Well in the Oilfields of Saudi Arabia
• Chapter 15. Entering the Realm of “Fuzzy Logic” to Manage the Future of Saudi Oil
• Chapter 16. Conclusion: In Search of Crisper Answers to Saudi Arabia’s Confident Claims
• Appendix A: Methodology: Obtaining Accurate and Reliable Information on Saudi Oil Fields from the Society of Petroleum Engineers
• Appendix B: Technical Graphs and Tables
• Appendix C: Recently released 1974 U.S. Senate hearings