From Black Gold to Frozen Gas : : How Qatar Became an Energy Superpower / / / Michael D. Tusiani.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2023
• VerfasserIn: Tusiani, Michael D.,
• Author: Tusiani, Michael D.,; Johnson, Anne-Marie,
• MitwirkendeR: Johnson, Anne-Marie,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : : Columbia University Press, , [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Series: Center on Global Energy Policy Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

Today, Qatar is among the world's wealthiest countries. Its rich hydrocarbon resources have transformed this small Gulf state into an energy powerhouse, funded its outsized global ambitions, and allowed it to forge an identity separate from those of its large and powerful neighbors.Drawing on Michael D. Tusiani's firsthand accounts and deep personal experience in the energy sector and Anne-Marie Johnson's years of reporting, this book explores how Qatar became a major player in the global energy market. It follows the twists and turns of Qatar's road to riches, from the first interest by British and American oil companies in the 1920s to the decades it took to develop the North field-the world's largest gas field-following its discovery in 1971 through the country's emergence as one of the world's leading exporters of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the 2000s.From Black Gold to Frozen Gas details the technical, financial, and political challenges involved in getting Qatar's first LNG projects off the ground. It shows how, despite missteps and setbacks, the foundations of today's Qatar were laid over many decades. And it chronicles epic rivalries within the ruling Al Thani family, among oil companies, and in the geopolitics of the energy landscape.Part historical analysis, part in-the-room narrative, From Black Gold to Frozen Gas is the definitive account of oil and gas development in Qatar.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Map of Qatar -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Qatar Before Oil: A Historical Perspective -- 2. Qatar's First Oil Concession: Twists and Turns -- 3. Eureka! Oil Is Discovered at Qatar's Dukhan Field -- 4. Choppy Waters: Qatar's First Marine Oil Concession -- 5. Qatar's Ruler Presses for Better Oil Terms -- 6. Labor Strikes, Another Abdication, and an Industrial Project -- 7. Independence, First Gas Liquids Project, and a Bloodless Coup -- 8. The Early Khalifa Years: 1970s Resource Nationalism -- 9. Explosion Destroys Qatar's First NGL Plant -- 10. Crunch Time Looms for North West Dome Gas Field -- 11. Partners Selected for Major North Field Gas Project -- 12. Qatar Embarks on First Stage of North Field Gas Project -- 13. Rocky Road for Qatar's First LNG Project -- 14. Tough Launch for Mobil's RasGas LNG Project -- 15. Financial Difficulties Mount After 1995 Coup -- Epilogue: North Field Gas Transforms Qatar into Energy Superpower -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Authors