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Untapped : the scramble for Africa's oil
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Untapped : the scramble for Africa's oil

Author: John H Ghazvinian
Publisher: Orlando : Harcourt, ©2007.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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"Although Africa has long been known to be rich in oil, extracting it hadn't seemed worth the effort and risk until recently. But with the price of Middle Eastern crude oil skyrocketing and advancing technology making reserves easier to tap, the region has become the scene of a competition between major powers that recalls the nineteenth-century scramble for colonization there. Already the United States imports mor  Read more...
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: John H Ghazvinian
ISBN: 9780151011384 0151011389
OCLC Number: 71581669
Notes: Maps on lining papers.
Description: xv, 320 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: The onshore effect --
The offshore illusion --
"A country in Africa" --
Instant emirates --
Paradise found? --
The place where people wait --
The Chinese are coming! ... but who isn't?
Responsibility: John Ghazvinian.
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Abstract:

"Although Africa has long been known to be rich in oil, extracting it hadn't seemed worth the effort and risk until recently. But with the price of Middle Eastern crude oil skyrocketing and advancing technology making reserves easier to tap, the region has become the scene of a competition between major powers that recalls the nineteenth-century scramble for colonization there. Already the United States imports mor eof its oil from Africa than form Saudi Arabia, and China, too, looks to the continent for its entery security. What does this giddy new oil boom mean--for america, for the world, for Africans themselves?"--Inside cover.

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