The Struggle Over North Sea Oil and Gas

Download or read book The Struggle Over North Sea Oil and Gas written by Svein S. Andersen and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1993 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A strategic resource which is heavily influenced by international politics, North Sea oil and gas production has become an important economic and symbolic issue. Comparing the different government policies of Denmark, Great Britain, and Norway, Andersen explores the strategies each country uses and explains the resulting developments. He stresses that these differences reflect the resource base, lobbying patterns, and governmental need for revenue--emphasizing the importance of national policy paradigms underlying policy formation.