TY  - BOOK
AU  - French,Paul
AU  - Chambers,Sam
TI  - Oil on water: tankers, pirates and the rise of China 
SN  - 9781848134706
AV  - HE199.5.P42 C6 2010eb
U1  - 387.5/4480951 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - London, New York, New York
PB  - Zed Books, Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan
KW  - Petroleum
KW  - Transportation
KW  - China
KW  - Security measures
KW  - Petroleum industry and trade
KW  - Pétrole
KW  - Transport
KW  - Chine
KW  - Sécurité
KW  - Mesures
KW  - Industrie et commerce
KW  - Petroleum & oil industries
KW  - bicssc
KW  - TRANSPORTATION
KW  - Ships & Shipbuilding
KW  - Pictorial
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Commerce
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; About the Authors; Tables, Boxes and Figures; Terminology and Definitions; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction -- Oil on Water; 1 -- Life Without Oil; 2 -- The Shift East; 3 -- The Great Voyage; 4 -- Securing the SLOCs; 5 -- Piracy: The Nebulous Threat; 6 -- The Criminalisation of Crews; 7 -- Flags of Convenience; 8 -- Green Shipping?; 9 -- The Politics of Pipelines; Conclusion -- The Future of Moving Oil; Notes; Index
N2  - The movement of oil around the world's oceans is constantly under enormous pressure, from conflicts between nation states, piracy and climate change. Yet, while the uninterrupted flow of oil is essential to globalization, increasingly so as manufacturing and markets move eastwards to Asia, this threat is largely unreported. Out of sight, out of mind is the general reaction. From reporting aboard giant tankers to examining the geopolitical shift in oil consumption, Oil on Water is an engrossing, all-encompassing look at the security of this vital supply chain
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