Foreword Preface List of Abbreviations Introduction
1. Qatar Before Oil: A Historical Perspective 2. Qatar’s First Oil Concession: Twists and Turns 3. Eureka! Oil Is Discovered at Qatar’s Dukhan Field 4. Choppy Waters: Qatar’s First Marine Oil Concession 5. Qatar’s Ruler Presses for Better Oil Terms 6. Labor Strikes, Another Abdication, and an Industrial Project 7. Independence, First Gas Liquids Project, and a Bloodless Coup 8. The Early Khalifa Years: 1970s Resource Nationalism 9. Explosion Destroys Qatar’s First NGL Plant 10. Crunch Time Looms for North West Dome Gas Field 11. Partners Selected for Major North Field Gas Project 12. Qatar Embarks on First Stage of North Field Gas Project 13. Rocky Road for Qatar’s First LNG Project 14. Tough Launch for Mobil’s RasGas LNG Project 15. Financial Difficulties Mount After 1995 Coup
Epilogue: North Field Gas Transforms Qatar into Energy Superpower Acknowledgments Bibliography Index About the Authors