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  • Oil, Dollars, Debt, and Crisesby Mahmoud A. El-Gamal; Amy Myers Jaffe

    Cambridge University Press 2009; US$ 23.00

    This book explains the links between past and present oil crises, financial crises, and geopolitical conflicts. more...

  • Evaluation of Energy Useby Watt Committee on Energy Publications

    Spon Press 1979; US$ 210.00

    Report number 6 of the Evaluation of Energy Use in Great Britian more...

  • Chernobyl Accident and its Implications for the Unitedby N. Worley; J. Lewins

    Spon Press 1988; US$ 210.00

    Published on behalf of The Watt Committee on Energy. more...

  • Energy and Power Risk Managementby Alexander Eydeland; Krzysztof Wolyniec

    John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2003; US$ 110.00

    Praise for Energy and Power Risk Management "Energy and Power Risk Management identifies and addresses the key issues in the development of the turbulent energy industry and the challenges it poses to market players. An insightful and far-reaching book written by two renowned professionals." -Helyette Geman, Professor of Finance University Paris Dauphine and ESSEC "The most up-to-date and comprehensive book on managing energy price risk in the natural gas and power markets. An absolute imperative for energy traders and energy risk management professionals." -Vincent Kaminski, Managing Director Citadel Investment Group LLC "Eydeland and Wolyniec's work does an excellent job of outlining the methods needed to measure and manage risk in the... more...

  • E-Vision 2002, Shaping Our Future by Reducing Energy Intensity in the U.S. Economy, Volume Iby David Ortiz; Jerry Sollinger

    RAND Corporation 2003; US$ 9.95

    The E-Vision 2002 Conference, held in May 2002, was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy as a step toward implementing a key recommendation of the Bush administration?s National Energy Policy. It gathered 150 of the nation?s leading energy experts to discuss ways of reducing the country?s energy intensity. This volume and the additional volume enclosed on CD-ROM contain the presentations and discussions that took place at the conference, including the identification of goals and the means to achieve them. It is a key work for those involved in implementing the National Energy Policy. more...

  • State-Level Changes in Energy Intensity and Their National Implicationsby Mark Bernstein; Kateryna Fonkych; Sam Loeb; David Loughran

    RAND Corporation 2003; US$ 9.95

    The 2001 National Energy Policy calls for continued reductions in energy intensity (energy consumption per dollar of gross economic output). This study was part of an effort to identify state-level factors that may contribute to efficient energy use nationwide. The authors examined changes in energy intensity in 48 states and in the states? energy-consuming sectors from 1977 through 1999. Some factors that may explain differences in states? energy intensity are energy prices, new construction, capacity utilization, population, climate, tech innovations, and government energy policies. more...

  • Banking on Baghdadby Edwin Black

    John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2006; US$ 16.95

    New York Times and international bestselling author Edwin Black uncovers Iraq's hidden economy and the companies that profit from its upheaval Big business and global warfare have long been fiery and symbiotic forces in Iraq. Banking on Baghdad tells the dramatic and tragic history of a land long the center of world commerce-and documents the many ways Iraq's recent history mirrors its tumultuous past. Tracing the involvement of Western governments and militaries, as well as oil, banking, and other corporate interests in Iraq, Black shows that today, just as yesterday, the world needs Iraq's resources-and is always willing to fight and invade in order to acquire and protect them. While demonstrating that Iraq itself is partially to blame for... more...

  • Twilight in the Desertby Matthew R. Simmons

    John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2011; US$ 16.95

    Twilight in the Desert reveals a Saudi oil and production industry that could soon approach a serious, irreversible decline. In this exhaustively researched book, veteran oil industry analyst Matthew Simmons draws on his three-plus decades of insider experience and more than 200 independently produced reports about Saudi petroleum resources and production operations. He uncovers a story about Saudi Arabia’s troubled oil industry, not to mention its political and societal instability, which differs sharply from the globally accepted Saudi version. It’s a story that is provocative and disturbing, based on undeniable facts, but until now never told in its entirety. Twilight in the Desert answers all readers’ questions about... more...

  • The Public Benefit of Energy Efficiency for Minnesotaby Mark A. Bernstein

    RAND Corporation 2002; US$ 9.95

    The future of energy consumption, prices, and intensity remains uncertain, but this analysis suggests that greater energy efficiency has had, and may continue to have, a positive effect on the Minnesota economy. more...