Includes bibliographical references and index.

"To the casual observer, the oil business seems constant and unchanging. The familiarity of the oil industry's retail outlets masks extraordinary changes in how the industry engages in its four primary sectors of activity: finding and producing crude oil, transportation, refining, and marketing."--Product Description.

Introduction -- The demand and supply of oil -- Oil pricing -- Energy commodity markets -- The new industry structure -- Energy security -- Organizing principals -- Alternatives to oil -- List of acronyms -- Bibliography -- Index.

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