The Libyan Oil Industry (1980) gives a narrative and analysis of the economic consequences of the discovery and production of oil in Libya, from the searches for oil by the major oil companies to the establishment of Libya as one of the main exporters in the world.
The Libyan Oil Industry (1980) gives a narrative and analysis of the economic consequences of the discovery and production of oil in Libya, from the searches for oil by the major oil companies to the establishment of Libya as one of the main exporters in the world. It examines the reasons behind this rapid rise, and concentrates on the roles of the Libyan Government and the oil companies, and the relations between them; the impact of Libyan oil and events in Libya on the petroleum markets of Europe and the world; and the response of the Libyan economy to the development of its oil industry.
Part
1. The Background Libya and the International Petroleum Industry
in the 1950s
1. The Political and Economic Structure of Libya
2. The World
Petroleum Industry and the Markets for Oil in the Post-war Period until 1960
Part
2. The Development of the Libyan Oil Industry, 19551961
3. The Libyan
Petroleum Law of 1955
4. The Course of Development from 1955 to 1961 Part
3.
Revisions to Legislation, 1961 and 1965
5. The 1961 Amendments to the
Petroleum Law and Regulation No. 6
6. The Events Leading to the 1965
Petroleum Law Amendment
7. The 1965 Petroleum Law Amendment Part
4.
Government Relations, Oil Industry Development and the Libyan Economy,
19611969
8. Government Relations, Intervention and Participation
9. Oil
Industry Development in Libya during the 1960s
10. Libyan Oil Production,
Exports and Markets
11. The Impact of Oil on Libyas Economy Part
5. After
the Revolution, 19701976
12. The Revolutionary Government and the Oil
Companies
13. Prices, Markets and Operations
14. Overseas Relations in
Petroleum Affairs
15. The Libyan Economy
16. Epilogue
Frank Waddams