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This book explores how Qatar became a major player in the global energy market. Part historical analysis, part in-the-room narrative, it is the definitive account of oil and gas development in Qatar.
List of contents
Foreword
Preface
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Qatar Before Oil: A Historical Perspective
2. Qatar’s First Oil Concession: Twists and Turns
3. Eureka! Oil Is Discovered at Qatar’s Dukhan Field
4. Choppy Waters: Qatar’s First Marine Oil Concession
5. Qatar’s Ruler Presses for Better Oil Terms
6. Labor Strikes, Another Abdication, and an Industrial Project
7. Independence, First Gas Liquids Project, and a Bloodless Coup
8. The Early Khalifa Years: 1970s Resource Nationalism
9. Explosion Destroys Qatar’s First NGL Plant
10. Crunch Time Looms for North West Dome Gas Field
11. Partners Selected for Major North Field Gas Project
12. Qatar Embarks on First Stage of North Field Gas Project
13. Rocky Road for Qatar’s First LNG Project
14. Tough Launch for Mobil’s RasGas LNG Project
15. Financial Difficulties Mount After 1995 Coup
Epilogue: North Field Gas Transforms Qatar into Energy Superpower
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Index
About the Authors
About the author
Michael D. Tusiani is the chairman emeritus of the energy consulting and brokerage firm Poten & Partners. He joined Poten in 1973 and served as its chairman and chief executive officer from 1983 to 2016. His career has involved all aspects of oil and gas trading and transportation. Tusiani is the author or coauthor of five books, most recently LNG: After the Pandemic (2023).
Anne-Marie Johnson is an award-winning oil industry journalist who covered Qatar and the Gulf states as a senior editor at the Middle East Economic Survey and at Poten & Partners, where she edited the firm’s flagship LNG publication. She began her career at Mobil as an analyst in the Middle East Department.
Summary
This book explores how Qatar became a major player in the global energy market. Part historical analysis, part in-the-room narrative, it is the definitive account of oil and gas development in Qatar.
