Seizing Power: The Grab for Global Oil Wealth
Last updated October 31, 2026
Robert Slater tells the history of the struggle for control of the world's oil, from the early oil companies and the Seven Sisters to the rise of OPEC. He follows the national oil companies of Saudi Arabia, Russia, Venezuela and other countries, and explains how oil wealth shifted from Western firms to the producing states and what that shift means for global power.
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