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# The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power

**Brand:** daniel yergin
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Addictive reading
*by T***D on 3 April 2012*

Whatever this book's flaws--and there are a few--it is compulsive reading. Yergin has wisely focused on the commanding figures of the oil industry from Rockefeller through Yamani (the book ends with the first Gulf War). Oil is definitely a macho game, and only one woman plays anything more than a walk-on role. The winners of the "Prize" fall into four categories--the buccaneers (independent producers and wildcatters), the executives of major oil companies, the leaders of oil-producing countries, and the leaders of their customers. There is no firm division between the last two categories: the United States was the leading oil exporter and consumer up to WW2, and is now the leading consumer by far. But it also is the home of most of the oil companies.However colorful, entertaining and illuminating these mini-biographies are, this focus tends to drive other serious questions to the margins. For instance, most of the world's proven oil reserves are in Muslim countries. Once a nation has a dominant oil industry, all other forms of economic activity tend to die out. Nothing else is remotely as profitable. A few years ago I read that the total value of non-oil exports from all Middle-Eastern countries is less than that of Finland. The only Muslim country with a dynamic modern economy is Turkey--and they have no oil (and a long tradition of secular governments). The net result is that relatively few Muslims have opportunities for interesting and dynamic careers--which is why so many of them emigrate to the West.By the same token, Mexico and Venezuela--the two major oil exporters in Latin America--are missing out on the boom that is propelling Brazil into the world's front rank of economic powers. Yergin does mention that oil destabilised Iran under the Shah, but he attributes this more to Westernising policies than the economic dislocation caused by oil.Nonetheless, this is a valuable book and a compelling read. As others have mentioned, the epilogue is pretty thin gruel. But this is hardly surprising--Yergin has written other books about contemporary oil policy and likely future trends, such as "The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World". You can hardly blame an author for wanting you to buy more of his books.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Fantastic history of the oil industry
*by R***0 on 15 August 2015*

Passion, greed, the pursuit of money, double dealing, lying, cheating, corruption, coups......this book has it all. It may sound like a description of JR Ewing (of Dallas fame) but the real life characters that Daniel Yergin describes are every bit as loud as JR.It is hard to write a history of any industry that is both comprehensive, educational and entertaining. I was surprised how well written and engaging this book is. It is a lot of book however - at over 900 pages and the text is in a fine font. But by the end of it you will know more about oil than most industry participants. It also brings about an understanding of present day politics - for instance it helped me understand why the UK is referred to by Iran as 'Little Satan' (with the US as 'Big Satan').Some of the trivia that Yergin covers is what makes this book so memorable and entertaining - yet the book also serves a very serious purpose in explaining how the oil industry evolved over more than a century. It is surprisingly easy to read - but due to the sheer size one ideally wants to go through it whilst on the beach for a fortnight!I still refer to it regularly and it is never far from my desk when I am active in the markets.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Very good
*by R***M on 11 September 2020*

Broad and history of the oil industry. Very good.

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