Yamani [antikvár]

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSA book is always a team effort, even if my name is the only one appearing on the cover. I wish to express my sincerest thanks to the team. That includes my agents, Leslie Gardner and Robert Ducas, plus my now longstanding and ever-faithful editor, Nick Brealey.The idea for this book came from David Thieme, always a risk-taker, always a treasured friend. I am greatly indebted to him.Also a very special thank you for guidance, advice and a reading to Wanda Jablonski, founder and editor of Petroleum Intelligence Weekly. She has for many years been one of the most influential people in the oil industry. I am therefore both proud and flattered that she took the time to help me with this.Much appreciation is also due to the following companies, institutions and offices:The Arab-British Chamber of Commerce, the Arabian American Oil Corporation (Aramco), Associated Press, Bechtel, the Boeing Corp., British Aerospace, the British Museum Library, British Petroleum, the Brookings Institute, the Carter Presidential Center, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the Central Intelligence Agency, the Chase Manhattan Bank, the European-Atlan-tic Group, Exxon, the Group of 30, the Gulf Oil Trading Company, Harvard University, the Hudson Institute, the Institute of Petroleum, the International Energy Agency, the International Monetary Fund, the Kuwait Petroleum Company, the Latsis Oil Company, the London Embassies of Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and the United States of America; the London School of Economics, the Middle East Institute, the Mobil Oil