Wheel of Fortune : : The Battle for Oil and Power in Russia / / Thane Gustafson.

The Russian oil industry-the world’s largest producer and exporter, providing nearly 12 percent of the global supply-is facing mounting problems that could send shock waves through the Russian economy and worldwide. Wheel of Fortune provides an authoritative account of this vital industry from the l...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter E-BOOK GESAMTPAKET / COMPLETE PACKAGE 2012
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Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2012]
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Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (660 p.) :; 3 maps, 7 charts, 2 tables
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. The Breakup: The Soviet Oil Industry Disintegrates
  • Chapter 2. Riding Chaos: The Battle for Ownership, Money, and Power
  • Chapter 3. The Birth of the Russian Majors: LUKoil, Surgutneftegaz, and Yukos
  • Chapter 4. Worlds in Collision: The Foreigners Arrive in Russia
  • Chapter 5. The Russian “Oil Miracle”: 1999– 2004
  • Chapter 6. The Brothers from Saint Petersburg: The Origins of Putin’s State Capitalism
  • Chapter 7. “Chudo” Meets “Russian Bear”: The Yukos Affair
  • Chapter 8. Russia’s Accidental Oil Champion: The Rise of Rosneft
  • Chapter 9. Krizis: The Rude Awakening of 2008– 2009 and the Russian Oil-Tax Dilemma
  • Chapter 10. Strong Thumbs, Weak Fingers: How the State Regulates the Oil Industry
  • Chapter 11. The Half- Raised Curtain: The Foreign Companies as Agents of Change
  • Chapter 12. Three Colors of Oil: The Coming Crisis of Oil Rents
  • Chapter 13. Looking Ahead: Oil and the Future of Russia; Russia and the Future of Oil
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index