Full name: Twilight in the Desert: The Coming Saudi Oil Shock and the World Economy

Author: Matthew R. Simmons Year: 2005 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Non Fiction, Politics, Economics, History, Science Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780471790181 0471790184

Twilight in the Desert reveals a Saudi oil and production industry that could soon approach a serious, irreversible decline. In this exhaustively researched book, veteran oil industry analyst Matthew Simmons draws on his three-plus decades of insider experience and more than 200 independently produced reports about Saudi petroleum resources and production operations. He uncovers a story about Saudi Arabia's troubled oil industry, not to mention its political and societal instability, which differs sharply from the globally accepted Saudi version. It's a story that is provocative and disturbing, based on undeniable facts, but until now never told in its entirety. Twilight in the Desert answers all readers' questions about Saudi oil and production industries with keen examination instead of unsubstantiated posturing, and takes its place as one of the most important books of this still-young century. Similar books: The End of Oil by Paul Roberts Hubbert's Peak by Kenneth S. Deffeyes Crude world by Peter Maass The Party's Over by Richard Heinberg Powerdown by Richard Heinberg Oil on the Brain by Lisa Margonelli Beyond Oil by Kenneth S. Deffeyes The Collapse of Complex Societies by Joseph A. Tainter The Next 100 Years by George Friedman Factfulness by Hans Rosling The Fifth Risk by Michael Lewis Thank You for Being Late by Thomas L. Friedman The World According to Monsanto by Marie-Monique Robin A Farewell to Alms by Gregory Clark The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein And the Band Played On by Randy Shilts The World Without Us by Alan Weisman The Establishment by Owen Jones The Accidental Superpower by Peter Zeihan The Half Has Never Been Told by Edward E. Baptist