The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, commonly known as OPEC, has been a notoriously opaque and mysterious organization. In this book, Fadil J. Chalabi, an insider who spent many years at the heart of the organization as Iraq's permanent undersecretary for oil, invites us to discover the intrigue and arguments that have shaped OPEC policy since its inception in 1960. The author interweaves his analysis with first-hand experiences that give authenticity to momentous events, including the infamous 1975 Vienna hostage-taking when Carlos the Jackal kidnapped a number of OPEC ministers, including the author. From the time of Egypt under Nasser, Gaddafi's Libya, Saddam's Iraq and Khomeini's Iranian revolution, Chalabi uses his unique position and his unparallelled insider knowledge to illuminate an organization that has, at times, been accused of fomenting economic turmoil, political unrest and even military action.
Benefiting from the perspective of an insider who understands the inner workings of OPEC and its dramatic impact on world politics and economics, this book is an essential read for those who wish to look beyond the myths of this highly influential and at times controversial organization.
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The
path
that
led
me
to
the
oil
industry
31
unable
to
abandon
it.
His
analogy
of
‘falling
in
love
with
a
woman’
is
apt,
except
that
with
oil
it
has
been
a
love
that
never
wanes!
After
my
experiences
of
‘living
with
oil’
for
well
over
40
years,
these
memoirs
attempt
to
describe
some
epoch-making
events,
how
they
happened,
the
people
involved
and
the
consequences.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Abbreviations
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1. The Path That Led Me to the Oil Industry
- 2. Why Opec? Confrontation or Common Cause?
- 3. New Winds Begin to Blow
- 4. Iraq's Oil Politics: Precursor of the Demise of the Concessions
- 5. The Shah and Opec's Oil Price Frenzy
- 6. Of Some Opec 'Paper Powers'
- 7. Opec Terrorised By the Jackal: the Carlos Affair
- 8. The Oapec Intermezzo and My Exit From Saddam'S Regime
- 9. Iran'S Ayatollah Drives the Oil Market Mad
- 10. The Backlash: Opec Is Cornered
- 11. The Short-Lived Price Collapse
- 12. Quota-System Problems: Opec's Disputed Reserves Fuel 'Peak-Oil' Theory
- 13. Meeting Opec Heads of State: The Quest for Quota Compliance
- 14. Dispelling Myths About Opec
- 15. Iraq's Oil Politics After Saddam
- 16. Epilogue
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Glossary
- Chronology of Key Historical Events Affecting the Oil Industry
- Index
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