The Color of Oil : The History, the Money and the Politics of the World's Biggest Business
by Ronald Oligney, Armando Izquierdo
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Author: Armando Izquierdo, Ronald OligneyIllustrator: Micheal Economides
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2000-03-01
ISBN: 0967724805
Number of pages: 220
Publisher: Round Oak Publishing Company
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Book Review: infuriatingly moronic
Summary: 1 Stars
This has got to be the dumbest book I've ever read about the oil business. It is colossally, unforgivably, jaw-droppingly inane.
Being in the oil business, I usually read most popular, non-specialized books that come out about this industry. But this one takes the cake.
Its basic thesis is that the politics and ecology of the oil industry can be insightfully described in terms of various "colors." For example, Part I is "Green," and talks about how the money generated by the oil business is best seen in verdant terms. What a revelation! Next comes Part II, "Black," which posits that the viscous substance can be profitably associated with shades of night. Get it?
It's as if a group of 13-year old poetry students decided they suddenly wanted to write about the oil industry. And the series of "Oil = Death" color plates midway through the book (by Armando Izquierdo) is the summit of cackhandedness.
Avoid this dreck. There is no shortage of good books out there on this subject. Two I can name right off the bat are "Oil on the Brain," an informal romp by Lisa Margonelli, and Daniel Yergin's more staid but solid "The Prize." Both of these books are worthy non-idiotic outings.
Shame Amazon forces me to give a one-star minimum.
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Summary of The Color of Oil : The History, the Money and the Politics of the World's Biggest Business
The primary colors of oil today are money (lots of it), technology (basic but demanding) and people (special ones). The colors of the rainbow can be seen in the 100+ oil producing countries. There are a dozen large petroleum producing and exporting countries. Yet most have little in their history that links them to wealth, technology and management. Corruption among the elite and governments, mismanagement and the squandering of the petroleum wealth are endemic. Culture is everything, and no other human endeavor makes this as pointedly obvious as the world of petroleum.Company Profiles Books
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