America's earliest oil discovery dates from 1859 in Titusville, Pennsylvania. The A. reconstructs the early landscape changes wrought by petroleum extraction there. - (DWG)
Oil derricks and Corinthian columns : the industrial transformation of the Oklahoma State Capitol grounds
Landscape ; Natural gas ; Oil ; Oklahoma ; Semiotics of space ; State ; United States of America
A. refutes David Lowental's suggestion that the oil derricks around the State Capitol are an example of American's valuing landscape function over form. He uses archival materials and literary accounts to show how oil drilling came to include
the Capitol grounds as Governor Marland, a former oil tycoon, insisted in 1936 that the State exploit the oil in there. After drilling began there, an election was held to include the Capitol grounds in the oil zoning of the Oklahoma City Oil Field. In 1980s
the oil wells there began to run dry, but eight are preserved largely as a symbol of the importance of oil and natural gas to Oklahoma. - (SLD)
Russia's oilindustry : risk aversion in a risk-prone environment
Energy reserve ; Exploration ; Industry ; Investment ; Oilindustry ; Production ; Risk management ; Russia
Exploration ; Gestion du risque ; Industrie ; Industrie pétrolière ; Investissement ; Production ; Russie ; Réserves énergétiques
Les réserves. Des ressources au réserves en production. Les stratégies de l'industrie pétrolière : l'investissement pour l'exploration et l'investissement pour la production. Politique d'investissemnt en amont : perspective d'une entreprise.
Après plusieurs décennies d'expansion, l'industrie pétrolière a connu une crise importante en Allemagne de l'Ouest au début des années 80. Des mesures radicales concernant l'investissement ainsi qu'une réduction importante de l'activité pétrolière
The resistible rise of state control in the Russian oilindustry
Government intervention ; Oil ; Oilindustry ; Role of the State ; Russia
Industrie pétrolière ; Intervention gouvernementale ; Pétrole ; Russie ; Rôle de l'Etat
Augmentation de l'intervention de l'Etat dans l'industrie du pétrole russe depuis 2003. Le cas de Russneft. Justification de l'intervention de l'Etat dans l'industrie pétrolière. Contrôle de l'Etat dans l'intérèt de la croissance ? Acquérir des
Islands and oil - locality and structure. The consequences of larger oil investments in two local communities, Shetland in Great Britain and Øygarden in Norway
Atlantic Ocean ; Cultural identity ; Investment ; Island ; Local authority ; Local economy ; Local government ; North Sea ; Oil ; Oilindustry ; Shetland Islands
Atlantique ; Collectivité locale ; Economie locale ; Identité culturelle ; Ile ; Industrie pétrolière ; Investissement ; Mer du Nord ; Pouvoir local ; Pétrole ; Shetland Islands ; Øygarden
The paper analyses the meeting between the international petoleum industry and two local communities. The place analysis concentrates on the effects on population and workforce developments, the people analysis looks at the institutional
and planning processes, and the mind analysis the effects on the feeling of local identification. The paper demonstrates that local factors are of crucial importance even for the international petroleum industry.
The article omits the historical and spatial perspective and details on the hydrocarbons production. The focus is on the rentability of the industrial investments. It is certain that the future of the Gulf oil-producers, which have no other natural
resources, lies within the maximum valorization of their oil through industrial transformation. - (L'A)
Observations on the reorganization of the Russian oilindustry
Economic policy ; Energy ; Industrial organization ; Oil ; Oil company ; Oilindustry ; Price fixing ; Privatisation ; Russia ; Territorial production complex
Compagnie pétrolière ; Complexe territorial de production ; Energie ; Formation des prix ; Industrie pétrolière ; Organisation industrielle ; Politique économique ; Privatisation ; Pétrole ; Russie
Industrial organization and sectoral linkages: a study of the Malaysian palm oilindustry
Agribusiness ; Development strategy ; Industrial organization ; Industrialization ; Malaysia ; Oil palm ; Oil seeds
Huile de palme ; Industrialisation ; Industrie agro-alimentaire ; Malaisie ; Oléagineux ; Organisation industrielle ; Palmier à huile ; Stratégie de développement
Organisation de l'industrie de l'huile de palme, produit agricole dont le développement est lié au marché mondial. Il s'agit d'identifier les mécanismes régulateurs qui relient les secteurs agricole et industriel dans les pays en développement
Environment ; Environment degradation ; Living standard ; Nigeria ; Oil ; Oilindustry ; Regional disparities
In Nigeria, there is paradoxically a serious benign neglect and impoverishment of the rural areas where the oil comes from. Dehumanisation, poverty, malnutrition, poor shelters and underemployments are failure stories of these regions. These general