Strategic positioning in the oil industry :  trends and options / 
edited by Paul Stevens. 
 - [Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates] :  [London ;  New York, NY :  Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research ;  Distributed by British Academic Press,  1998] 
 - xiv, 146 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> "The papers contained in this volume were among those presented to the Second Energy Conference held by the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research, October 26-27, 1996"--P. 1. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 130-140) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction : stategic positioning in the oil industry : trends and options / Paul Stevens -- Vertical integration as a strategy for oil security / Giacomo Luciani and Mario Salustri -- International downstream integration of national oil companies / Majid A. Al-Moneef -- Strategic options and opportunities for Gulf oil companies in the Asian market / Keiichi Yokobori -- Oil refining and petroleum-product specifications in Asia / Tilak Doshi -- "Back-door" privatization initiatives in the Gulf : an inadequate step in the right direction / Wael Al-Mazeedi. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1860643620 (hardback) 1860643663 (paperback) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2002-512920 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Petroleum industry and trade--Congresses.<br/>Petroleum industry and trade--Persian Gulf Region--Congresses.<br/>Strategic planning--Congresses.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HD9560.5  / .S79 1998 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>338.2/7282