Production: A World History of the Struggle for Oil, Money, and Power

Daniel Yergin is an authority on international politics, economics and energy. He is Chairman of the Board of Directors of (IHS CERA), an international consulting company. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, US Prize "For achievements in the field of energy and strengthening international understanding."

Among other things, Dr. Yergin is a member of the advisory board of the US Department of Energy, chairman of the US Department of Energy’s Energy Strategic Research and Development Special Commission. He is also a member of the advisory board for the Energy Initiative at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Singapore International Energy Advisory Committee.

Yergin is an honorary professor at the Russian Academy of Oil and Gas and a member of the board of directors of the American-Russian Business Council, one of the advisers to the International Gas Union , an energy partner at the St. Petersburg Economic Forum and the World Economic Forum in Davos . He holds a bachelor's degree in humanities from Yale University and a doctorate in Cambridge University ^[2] .

The bounty of “Extraction” includes, among other things, 700 books, articles and dissertations, 60 government documents, 15 government archives, archives of four companies ( Amoco , Chevron , Gulf and Royal Dutch Shell ), 35 manuscript collections, and 80 interviews. with key people like James Schlesinger ( born James Schlesinger ) and Armand Hammer ( born Armand Hammer ) ^[3] .

The book consists of 5 parts. Each part describes a specific stage in the history of the oil industry.

Part I (chapters 1-8). Founding Fathers

The period from the 50s of the XIX century until the First World War ( 1914 ): successful attempts to extract “lighting fluid” from the “mountain oil”, the first oil boom in the USA; John Rockefeller , the creation, flowering and dissolution of Standard Oil ; Nobel brothers and the rise of the Russian oil industry ; Royal Dutch and Shell ; unrest in Russia at the beginning of the 20th century and their impact on the industry; Persian oil, Anglo-Persian company ; August 1914 - the beginning of the First World War.

Part II (chapters 9-15). World Wrestling

The period from the First (1914) to the Second World War ( 1939 ): the influence of oil and the internal combustion engine on the nature of hostilities; Galust Gyulbenkyan and Turkish Petroleum Company; oil exploration in Iraq ; car revolution; development of oil exploration technologies; the struggle for new deposits ( Mexico , Venezuela ); Russian oil after the revolution; oil industry and the Great Depression ; the emergence of quotas and control of oil production; Kuwaiti and Saudi concessions .

Part III (chapters 16-19). War and Strategy

The role of oil during World War II: Japan , the new order in Asia and the oil issue; the role of oil in the German attack on the USSR ; synthetic fuel industry in Germany and concentration camps ; Ardennes operation ; impact of fuel shortages on Japan's strategy; mobilization of allied resources and organization of supplies; battle for the Atlantic ; fuel supply and military strategy.

Part IV (chapters 20–27). Hydrocarbon Age

Post-war oil order; the shift of the oil production center from the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean to the Middle East and its impact on world politics; Creation of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its activities.

Part V (chapters 28–38). The battle for world domination

1970s - transition to the seller’s market; oil industry and environmental protection ; increased control of exporting countries over oil companies; oil as a weapon; energy crises and their consequences; current trends and forecasts.

A six-hour documentary series was shot on "Prey", and the famous American actor Donald Sutherland ( English Donald Sutherland ) acted as a narrator. In the United States alone, 20 million people watched this show.

First American Edition

• Daniel Yergin. The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power. - USA: Simon & Schuster , 1991 .-- 912 p. - ISBN 0671502484 .

Editions in Russian

• Daniel Yergin. Production: A World History of the Fight for Oil, Money, and Power = The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power. - M .: Alpina Publisher , 2011. - 944 p. - ISBN 978-5-9614-1252-9 .

• Daniel Yergin. Production: A World History of the Fight for Oil, Money, and Power = The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power. - “DeNovo” , 1999. - 936 p. - ISBN 5-93536-001-2 , 0-671-502484.

• Oil
• Oil industry of Russia
• Nobel Brothers Oil Partnership
• 1973 oil crisis
• Operation in the Dutch East Indies
• Suez crisis
• Rockefeller, John Davison
• Standard oil

• The official website of Daniel Yergin

• Review of the book “Production: The World History of the struggle for oil, money and power” in Kommersant Weekend magazine

• Review of the book “Production: The World History of the struggle for oil, money and power” in the magazine “Company”

• Review of the book “Production: The World History of the struggle for oil, money and power” on the BFM.ru website

• Booknotes interview with Yergin on The Prize , January 27, 1991

• PBS series based on The Prize at Google Video