200INDEX
Berri gas treatment plant (Saudi Arabia),
160
British Raj, India, 9
Brooks, Mel, 149
Burgan field, 2, 35
Burj Khalifa, 64
Bush, George H. W. (US president), 2
Cairo, 8
carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions, 3, 93– 94,
133, 140, 165– 171
Cardenas, Lazaro (president of Mexico),
40– 41
Carter, Jimmy (US president), 2, 85; Carter
Doctrine, 15; promoting energy
conservation, 65– 66
cash transfer, 100, 102
Chaudhry, Kiren Aziz, 88
China, 7– 8, 67, 69– 70, 94, 164
Churchill, Winston, 29
CIA, 38, 43
climate change, 3, 74, 93– 94, 129, 140, 151,
160– 172
Cold War, 48, 163
concession agreements, oil: mineral
ownership, 33; Paris climate agreement,
140; rates and royalties, 39, 41; Saudi
Arabia, 31, 102; Socal, 39; surface rights,
- See also hydrocarbon/oil; oil; Paris
climate agreement
conservation, energy, 66, 95, 101
Cordoba, 8
Crystal, Jill, 87
Damascus, 8
Dammam Dome (Saudi Arabia), 31, 35;
Dhahran, 34, 46, 119, 133, 160
dependency theory, 41– 43, 79, 81, 83, 143,
159
desalination, water, 37, 75, 106
D. G. Schofield (tanker ship), 34
Dhofar (Oman), 53
dictator’s dilemma, 111– 112
Dilmun (Bahrain), 24
diversification: in supply of energy, 49, 95; of
economy, 95, 161, 171
Doha (Qatar), 20, 65
Dubai (UAE), 5, 17– 19, 24, 26, 55– 56,
64– 65, 92, 94– 95, 97– 112, 115, 123, 126,
134, 139, 147, 158, 172; Dubai Electricity
and Water Authority (DEWA), 104– 108;
Executive Council, 105; Supreme Council
of Energy, 105
Dubai Creek, 26
Dubai Mall, 64
Duce, James Terry, 36– 38
Dukhan oilfield (Qatar), 20
Eddy, Col. William, 38– 39
Egypt, 8, 11, 46– 47, 107, 112, 114, 128, 138,
152, 154, 163
elasticity, of energy demand and price,
79– 83, 90
electricity, price of: in Bahrain, 77; in
Kuwait, 77; in Saudi Arabia, 77
Electricity and Co- Generation Regulatory
Authority of Saudi Arabia (ECRA), 119,
135
embargo, oil. See oil embargo (1973)
Empty Quarter. See Rub‘ al- Khali desert
energy demand, 5, 63, 65, 67, 73, 75, 80– 83,
89, 93, 101, 119, 129, 140, 156, 159;
Dubai, 64– 65; Gulf states/GCC, 67;
United States, 67
energy dilemma, 1, 95
energy security, 2, 50, 164
Euphrates River, 7
expropriation, 37, 39– 41, 43, 56 (see also
“nationalization”)
Exxon, 36, 41, 163, 166
ExxonMobil. See Exxon
falaj, 52
Falih, Khalid al- (oil minister of Saudi
Arabia), 122, 125, 132– 133
Farsi, 24