Petropolitics petroleum development, markets and regulations, Alberta as an illustrative history

Winner of the 2014 Book of the Year Award from the Petroleum History Society!The importance of energy to the functioning of any economy has meant that energy industries are amongst the most regulated of industries. What might appear to be purely private decisions are made within a complex and evolvi...

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Other Authors: MacFadyen, Alan J, author (author), Watkins, G. C. (Gordon Campbell), 1939- author
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Calgary, Alberta : University of Calgary Press [2014]
Series:Energy, ecology, and the environment series ; no. 6.
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Summary:Winner of the 2014 Book of the Year Award from the Petroleum History Society!The importance of energy to the functioning of any economy has meant that energy industries are amongst the most regulated of industries. What might appear to be purely private decisions are made within a complex and evolving web of government regulations. Petropolitics: Petroleum Development, Markets and Regulations, Alberta as an Illustrative History provides an economic history of the petroleum industry in Alberta as well as a detailed analysis of the operation of the markets for Alberta oil and natural gas, and the main governmental regulations (apart from environmental regulations) faced by the industry. The tools used within this study are applicable to oil and gas industries throughout the world.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xx, 492 pages) : illustrations, map
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [463]-478) and index.
ISBN:9781552385418