2. Qatar’s First Oil Concession: Twists and Turns

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Map of Qatar vi
3. Contents vii
4. Foreword ix
5. Preface xiii
6. List of Abbreviations xvii
7. Introduction 1
8. 1. Qatar Before Oil: A Historical Perspective 7
9. 2. Qatar’s First Oil Concession: Twists and Turns 19
10. 3. Eureka! Oil Is Discovered at Qatar’s Dukhan Field 41
11. 4. Choppy Waters: Qatar’s First Marine Oil Concession 57
12. 5. Qatar’s Ruler Presses for Better Oil Terms 64
13. 6. Labor Strikes, Another Abdication, and an Industrial Project 79
14. 7. Independence, First Gas Liquids Project, and a Bloodless Coup 101
15. 8. The Early Khalifa Years: 1970s Resource Nationalism 122
16. 9. Explosion Destroys Qatar’s First NGL Plant 142
17. 10. Crunch Time Looms for North West Dome Gas Field 161
18. 11. Partners Selected for Major North Field Gas Project 195
19. 12. Qatar Embarks on First Stage of North Field Gas Project 231
20. 13. Rocky Road for Qatar’s First LNG Project 264
21. 14. Tough Launch for Mobil’s RasGas LNG Project 300
22. 15. Financial Difficulties Mount After 1995 Coup 330
23. Epilogue: North Field Gas Transforms Qatar into Energy Superpower 367
24. Acknowledgments 387
25. Notes 389
26. Bibliography 433
27. Index 435
28. About the Authors 453