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"Was it Decision time in..."

Table 1.1 Oil Reserves of Top 15 Companies

Table 2.1 World's leading oil producers actual (2005) and projected (2030)

Table 2.2 World's Top Holders of Natural Gas Reserves

Table 3.1 China's Energy Outlook

Table 3.2 India's Energy Outlook

Table 4.1 Russia's Energy Profile

Table 5.1 Caspian Sea Basin Oil & Gas Reserves & Production

Table 5.2 International Participation in Major Oil & Gas Projects in Azerbaijan & Kazakhstan

Proposed Routes for East Siberian Pacific Ocean Pipeline

Caspian Sea Basin Showing Major Pipeline Routes

Western China & Central Asia

Table 6.1 Oil & Gas Reserves & Production of Major African Producers (as of end of 2006)

West Africa & the Gulf of Guinea

Table 6.2 Participants in Angola's Major Offshore Blocks

Table 7.1 Oil & Natural Gas Reserves in the Persian Gulf (as end of 2006)

Major U.S. Bases in the Persian Gulf Area

Disputed Boundaries in the East China Sea

Table 9.1 China and the United States: Selected Energy Information

Business Week "A Power Shift in the World of Oil" [October 27, 2008, p. 68]

Platts' 2008 Top 250 Global Energy Companies

Race for WhatÕs Left

Cantarell Oil Field, Mexico p. 20.

, 1950, 1975, & 2000, p. 24

Table 1.2: The WorldÕs Ten Biggest Oil Fields by Production, p. 32.547. Area Oil Fields

Deepwater Horizon Disaster, p. 48.

Offshore Drilling in ÒIceberg AlleyÓ, p. 54.

BrazilÕs ÒPre-SaltÓ Fields, p 57.

Jubilee & Venus Fields, West Africa,  p. 61.

GreenlandÕs Offshore Oil Fields, p-. 71.

Table. 3.1:  Major Hydrocarbon Provinces in the Arctic Region, p. 76.

Alaska Area Oil Fields. p. 79.

NorwayÕs Offshore Oil & Gas Fields, p. 56.

RussiaÕs Arctic Oil & Gas Fields, ,p.  90.

Polar Region Boundary Disputes, p. 95.

Athabaska Oil Sands, p. 101.

Major Canadian Tar Sands Projects, p.105.

West Africa, p.129

Mongolia, p. 143.

Table 6.1: The Rare Earths and their uses, p. 156.

Table 6.1 continued, p. 157.

Table 6.2: Rare Earths: Mine Production and Reserves, 158

Table 6.3: Characteristics & Applications,  p, 165.

Bolivia: Salar de Uyuni, p. 170.

Eastern Congo, p. 178.

South China Sea, p. 224.

Trip Route

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Bakken Formation

Williston Basin, North Dakota (Source: NGS, March, 2013, pp. 46-47.

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Caspian Sea Basin Showing Major Pipeline Routes

Global Climate Change

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