This thesis analyzes the social responsibility multinational oil and gas enterprises have with respect to the societal and environmental impact of their operations. Historically, these firms have exploited natural resources in regions around the world without adhering to any str…
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Structural realists argue the nation-state is a unitary actor that conducts foreign policy without regard to domestic politics. Anarchy, the lack of any controlling authority, is the dominant fact of life for states within the international system. Operating within this self-hel…
This dissertation examines the political and economic significance of oil transportation in the Middle East. It argues that the June 1967 War and the closure of the Suez Canal from 1967 to 1975 transformed the patterns of oil transportation in the Middle East and shaped the hist…
This dissertation analyzes Italy's domestic and international oil politics between the end of the Second World War and the late 1960s, through a study of the Italian State-owned oil company Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi (National Hydrocarbon Agency, ENI). It examines the role ENI h…
L'intérêt des chercheurs pour les relations entre la Chine et les États africains s'est fortement développé ces dernières années. De nombreuses études ont analysé les grands changements macroéconomiques entre la Chine et l'Afrique, en mettant l'accent par exemple sur le volume d…
This project investigates the effect of resource dependence on alliance formation and endurance. It argues that the rentier system compels states to rely on great powers to help secure economic imperatives to ensure regime stability regardless of the status of regional aggressor…
Effective sub-global initiatives to limit carbon emissions will result in substantial changes in the international demand for fossil energy, and this transfers policy costs to energy exporters. Most quantitative analysis of carbon policy, however, does not consider Saudi Arabia'…
Located at the intersection of oil and space, this dissertation highlights the role of oil as an agent of political, social and cultural change at the level of the everyday urban experience by introducing the oil company town as a modern architectural and urban planning prototyp…
This dissertation is a journey of questions. It is a story of asking how the Americans and Saudis formed a relationship of interdependence in the discovery and refining of petroleum. It is a historical study with the use of Western secular empiricism. The research methodologies …
The economy of Saudi Arabia is essentially dependent on oil production which is a depletable resource. Thus, the fundamental question facing the Saudi Arabian economy is whether oil revenue can be used to create a self-sustaining economy. To address this issue, this study will a…
The United States seized upon the opportunity presented with the end of the Cold War to engage in a high-yield, low-cost strategy to limit potential future threats from Russia. To accomplish this, the U.S. expanded its sphere of influence into areas hitherto controlled by Russia…
Why is there a variance in the size of investment by American multinational corporations (MNCs) in the oil and gas sectors of Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan? All ten of the leading oil MNCs in the world petroleum industry have invested in the region. However, the size of investment b…
The spontaneous ignition characteristics of a super-light oil was investigated. The process involved saturating sand with the crude oil and oxidizing at a temperature of 135°C, the temperature of the reservoir from which the oil is produced. Various process parameters such as ai…
This dissertation examines how Britain's efforts to preserve London's role as one of the world's preeminent financial centers after World War II significantly influenced its relations with countries and companies involved in the production, transportation, and marketing of Middl…
This dissertation makes three related theoretical points. First, transitology—the theory that all former Soviet states are now constructing new institutions based upon Western models of market economies and democracies—is theoretically and empirically flawed. Instead, a post-col…
This study examines the role of oil exports in the economic development of Saudi Arabia. It is an econometric application of the staple theory of economic growth to the special case of Saudi Arabia. Because oil revenues accrue directly to the Government, the study focuses on the…
Aerobic degradation of Saudi Arabian crude oil was conducted under various conditions representative of a coastal marine environment. Both bench-scale and laboratory-scale aerobic reactors were utilized to study the changes of intertidal soil contaminated with crude oil. Weather…
The main objective of the thesis is to estimate the impact of the elimination of the crude palm oil export tax on the Indonesian palm oil and coconut oil sectors. We construct a model of Indonesian palm oil and coconut oil markets which includes relationships to explain: plantin…