The Official History of North Sea Oil and Gas. Volume II: Moderating the State's Role. by Kemp, Alex

Abingdon: Routledge. 1st ed. 626pp. Laminated boards. VG+ clean copy . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 2012.

Paperback / softback. New. Written by the leading expert in the history of UK energy, this study provides new, in-depth analysis of the development of UK petroleum policies towards the North Sea oil and gas industry from the early 1960s to the early 1980s. Following on from volume I (The Growing Dominance of the State) to discuss the more recent history of the North Sea oil and gas industry, here Alex Kemp offers new insights into developments in the industry. The controversial decisions to raise gas prices to consumers and to introduce the Gas Levy are discussed, while the thinking behind the gradual reduction in taxation - including the abolition of SPD (Supplementary Petroleum Duty) and the removal of royalties on new developments - is fully explained. The various options considered to reduce the powers of BNOC (British National Oil Corporation), then privatise its upstream assets, and finally to abolish the state company altogether are fully discussed, as is the thinking leading up to the… Read More

Paperback / softback. New. Written by the leading expert in UK petroleum economics, this study provides a new, unique, in-depth analysis of the development of British policies towards the North Sea oil and gas industry from the early 1960s to the early 1980s. Drawing on full access to the UK Government's relevant archives, Alex Kemp examines the thinking behind the initial legislation in 1964, the early licensing arrangements and the events leading up to the boundary delimitation agreements with Norway and other adjacent North Sea countries. He explains the debate in the later 1960s about the appropriate role of the state in the exploitation of the gas and oil resources, the prolonged negotiations resulting in the early long-term gas contracts, and the continuing debate on the role of the state following the large oil discoveries in the first half of the 1970s resulting in the formation of BNOC (British National Oil Corporation). The debate leading up to the introduction of, and subsequent… Read More

Routledge, 2014. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 626 pages. 9.00x6.25x1.50 inches.

Routledge, 2014. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 714 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.50 inches.

Paperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Written by the leading expert in the history of UK energy, this study provides new, in-depth analysis of the development of UK petroleum policies towards the North Sea based on full access to the Government’s relevant archives.

Routledge, 2011. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 640 pages. 9.29x6.38x1.57 inches.