In the beginning was Rockefeller - the world's first oil monopoly. Then came the "seven sisters" - Esso, Gulf, Texaco, Chevron, Mobil, Shell and BP - dominating the production, refining, distribution and supply of crude oil across the globe. The shift of power towards the producing countries, particularly the Arabs and Iran, was in turn followed by the collapse of the oil price. Two of the original seven - Gulf and Texaco - collapsed. The story of the control and exploitation of the world's single most important resource is told in this book.
- ISBN10 0340592273
- ISBN13 9780340592274
- Publish Date 17 June 1993 (first published 1 September 1975)
- Publish Status Transferred
- Out of Print 26 March 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Hodder Arnold
- Imprint Teach Yourself Books
- Edition 3rd Revised edition
- Format Paperback (A-Format (178x111 mm))
- Pages 448
- Language English