net metering
Neumann, John von
Newcomen, Thomas
New Deal
New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)
new era thinking
New Jersey
New Mexico
New Orleans, La.
New Sunshine Project
Newsweek
New York, N.Y.
cars in
electricity in
Hubbert in
Noto-Browne meeting in
terrorism in
New York (state)
shale gas in
New York Federal Reserve
New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX)
New York Stock Exchange
New York Times
climate change and
electricity and
on Insull
nuclear energy and
on renewables
NextEra Energy Resources (formerly known as Florida Power & Light; FPL)
NGVs (natural gas vehicles)
Nichols, Larry
Niger Delta
Nigeria:
aggregate disruption and
elections in
ethnic conflict in
natural gas of
oil of
as petro-state
violent conflicts in
9/11, see September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks
Nissan
nitrogen
nitrous oxide
Nixon, Richard M.
climate change and
Niyazov, Sparmurat (Turkmenbashi)
Nobel, Alfred
Nobel, Ludwig
Nobel family
Nobel Prize
nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)
Nord Stream
Normandy, invasion of
North Africa
LNG suppliers in
North America
blackouts in
cyberattack in
energy efficiency in
as gas market
LNG in
natural gas in
oil in
oil sands in
shale gas in
wind power in
North American Free Trade Agreement
Northern Alliance
North Field
North Korea
North Sea:
natural gas of
oil of
North Slope oil
Northwest Airlines
Northwest Shelf project
Norway
natural gas of
oil of
Noto, Lucio
NRG
Nth Power
nuclear accidents
Chernobyl
in Japan
in Pennsylvania
nuclear energy
climate change and
as cloak for developing nuclear weapons
cost of
deep geologic storage and
electricity from
as fuel choice
licensing and
North Pole and
renaissance of
Rickover and
U.S. Navy and
nuclear-fuel cycle
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
nuclear reactors, design of
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, U.S. (NRC)
nuclear war
nuclear weapons
nuclear power as cloak for development of
proliferation of
Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Obama, Barack
climate change and
electric cars and
nuclear energy and
renewables and
shale gas and
Obasanjo, Olusegun
Obninsk
oceans
see also specific oceans
October War
Office of Naval Research, U.S.
Ohio
oil
aggregate disruption of, see aggregate disruption
Brent
burning of
as capital-intensive industry
climate change and
demand for
demand shock and, see demand shock
dependence on
disappearance of
diversification of supplies of
for electricity
energy density of
estimates of stock of
fading away as policy issue of
First Gulf War and
as fuel choice
global choke points for
increase in recovery rate of
Iraq disruption and, see Iraq War
job creation and
nationalization of
Nazi need for
non-OPEC, birth of
offshore production of
price controls on
refineries for
for Royal Navy
running out of
shut-in capacity and
size of production of
in South China Sea
strategic importance of
supply shock and
synthetic
technology and
unconventional supply of
West Texas Intermediate (WTI)
see also specific countries and regions
oil boom (1970s)
oil companies
Afghanistan and
antitrust and
biofuels and
Caspian Derby and
Chinese
environmental degradation from
international (IOC)
international national (INOCs)
international vs. national
Iran and
Iraq and
mergers and, see mergers, oil-industry
national (NOC)
in Nigeria
offshore production and
oil shale campaign and
shale gas and
Tengiz oil field and
in Venezuela
see also specific companies
oil crisis (1975)
“Oil Dot-com” (Morse)
oil embargo (1967)
oil embargo (1973)
energy efficiency and
France and
Japan and
oil prices and
Solarex and
wind energy and
Oil-for-Food Programme
Oil Ministry, USSR
Oil Pollution Act
oil prices
Arab Awakening and
avoided costs and
biofuels and
bubble in
cars and
China and
collapse of (1986)
collapse of (1997–98)
demand shock and
energy security and
in Great Depression
Hubbert’s predictions and
Iran and
Iraq War and
Kuwait and
LNG and
Nigeria and
9/11 and
1973–74 increase in
oil embargo and
petro-state and
R&D and
reversed Midas touch and
Soviet Union and
Strait of Hormuz and
surge in (2004)
terrorism and
Venezuelan general strike and
whether they matter
oil sands (tar sands)
oil shale
oil shock, second
Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund
oil spills
oil trading
Oily Rocks
Oklahoma
oil in
Okonjo-Iweala, Ngozi
Oman
Omar, Mullah
“On a Heuristic Point of View Concerning the Production and Transformation of Light” (Einstein)
O’Neill, Jim
O’Neill, Paul
OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
)
Algiers meeting of (2004)
divisions in
energy security and
founding of
Iran and
Jakarta meeting of (1997)
June 2011 meeting of
obscurity of
quotas of
total oil revenues of
OPEC Imperium
Open Russia Foundation
Orange Revolution
Orbach, Raymond
Orchestra of the Three Seas
O’Reilly, David
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Organization of Gas Exporting Countries
Orinoco region
Oslo Accords
Otto, Nikolaus
“Otto cycle” engine
outer-continental shelf (OCS)
over-the-counter markets
“overwhelming force” doctrine
oxide fuel cells
oxygen
ozone, hole in
Pachauri, Rajendra
Pacific Ocean
Packard, David
Pakistan
atomic bomb in
extreme weather in
Khan network in
Kissinger in
pipelines and
terrorism and
Palestinian Liberation Organization
Palestinian National Authority
Paley Commission
Parati Field
Paris
patents
Patton, George
PDVSA, see Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A.
peak oil theory
Pearl Street station
Pearson, Gerald
Pelosi, Nancy
Pemex
Pennsylvania
coal mining in
nuclear accident in (1979)
nuclear power in
oil in
shale gas in
pension funds
Perella, Joseph
Peres, Shimon
Pérez, Carlos Andrés
Pérez Alfonso, Juan Pablo
Perkins, Tom
Perot, Ross
Perry, Rick
Persia, Persians
see also Iran
Persian Gulf
balance of power in
British in
Caspian as
Caspian Derby and
crises and disruptions in
DeGolyer’s survey of
fear of Soviet expansion to
geologic history of
Iran’s drive for dominance of
natural gas of
oil of
oil spill in
risk of overdependence on
Saddam’s attempt at control of
security of
social foundations in
Strait of Hormuz and
see also Gulf War, First
Peru
Petrobras
petrochemicals
PetroChina
Petrofina
Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA)
general strike and
Orinoco and
petro-states
characteristics of
Iraq as
Nigeria as
Russia as
Venezuela as
Peugeot, Armand
Pew, J. Howard
PG&E
Philippines
Phillips Petroleum
photoelectric effect
photovoltaic cells (PV; solar cells)
in China
cost of
in Germany
grid parity and
in Japan
U.S.
Pickens, T. Boone
Piebalgs, Andris
Pigou, Arthur
Pillar, Paul
pipelines
Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC)
Blue Stream
CAOP
Caspian Derby and
in Cushing
ethanol
Fourth Corridor
in Gulf of Mexico
Iraqi
for natural gas, see gas, natural, pipelines for
Nord Stream
politics and
Russian
South Stream
TAP
for Tengiz oil field
for Turkmenistan resources
Piper Alpha platform, fire at
pirates
Pitofsky, Robert
PJM Interconnection
Plan Ávila
plateau theory
Plug-in Electric Vehicles: What Role for Washington? (Sandalow)
plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs)
plutonium
Poland
Polar Lights project
Political and Strategic Program for the Armed Iraqi Resistance
politics
biofuel and
in California
Caspian and
in China
climate change and
deregulation and
electricity and
in France
fuel choice and
in Germany
high-energy consumption and
in Iran
Iraq and
Kazakhstan oil and
Middle East
natural gas and
in Nigeria
in Pakistan
pipeline
in Qatar
renewables and
Russian
technology and
Turkmenistan resources and
U.S.
in Venezuela
see also geopolitics
pollution
acid rain and
in California
cars and
in China
from coal
market-based solutions and
produced water and
Pollution, Property & Prices (Dale)
Pomerance, Rafe
Pompidou, Georges
population
poverty, the poor
in China
in Nigeria
Powell, Colin
preemption, policy of
Prescott, John
President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
price controls
U.S.
Prince Street station
Princeton, N.J.
privatization
“Problem of Social Costs, The” (Coase)
Prohibition
Project
“Project Independence” (Nixon)
Project Wheaties
proved reserves
Public Service Company of Colorado
public utility commission (PUC)
Public Utility Holding Act (1935)
Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA)
PURPA, see Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act
Putin, Vladimir
Putnam, Palmer
Qatar:
as LNG supplier
natural gas of
oil of
Qatargas
Q-Cells
qualifying facilities (QFs)
Quartermaster Corp
quotas, oil
OPEC
Rabin, Yitzhak
Rafsanjani, Hashemi
railroads
Rajasthan Desert
Ramesh, Jairam
RasGas
Ras Lafan
Rathenau, Emil
Raymond, Lee
Rays of Hope (Hayes)
RBMK reactors
Reagan, Nancy
Reagan, Patti
Reagan, Ronald
acid rain and
General Electric and
lead in gasoline and
pollution problems and
renewables and
real estate
bubbles in
recession
see also Great Recession
Red Flag Act
Red Sea
Reflections o
n the Motive Power of Fire (Carnot)
reforestation
refrigeration
Regan, Donald
regulation
CARB and
of carbon
Clean Air Act and
of coal
of electricity
of fraccing
of fuel efficiency
of natural gas
of nuclear power
offshore
Reilly, William
Renault
Renault, Louis
Renewable Energy Law, China (2000)
Renewable Energy Law, China (2005)
Renewable Fuel Standard, U.S.
renewable portfolio standards (RPS)
renewables
defined
Earth Days and
energy efficiency vs.
moral equivalent of war and (MEOW)
natural gas and
PURPA and
rebirth of
receding era of
use of term
see also biofuels; biomass; geothermal energy; solar energy; wind energy
rent-seeking behavior
Republican Guard, Iraqi
Republicans
research and development (R&D)
biofuels and
energy efficiency and
wind energy
reserve margin, electricity and
resource nationalism
Reulleaux, Franz
Revelle, Roger
exile of
Wirth’s correspondence with
Revolutionary Guards, Iranian
Reynolds, George
Rice, Condoleezza
Rickover, Hyman
nuclear accidents and
nuclear navy and
nuclear power and
Riso National Laboratory
Riyadh
Rockefeller, John D.
Rogers, James
Rogers, Matthews
Roman Empire
Rommel, Erwin
Roosevelt, Franklin
in election of 1932,
New Deal and
Roosevelt, Theodore
Rose, Peter
Rosneft
RosUkrEnergo
Rothschild family
Rough Guides
Rowe, John
Royal Dutch Shell
Royal Institution, British
Royal Meteorological Society, British
Royal Navy, British
Royal Society, British
Rubin, Robert
Ruhnama, The (Niyazov)
Rumaila oil field
Rumsfeld, Donald
rural cooperatives
Rural Electrification Administration (REA)
Russia
blackouts in
as BRIC
Caspian Derby and
Chechnya wars and
China’s relations with
climate change and
Cuba’s relations with
economy of
energy efficiency in
energy security and
entrepreneurship in
environmental violations in
extreme weather in
financial crisis in (1998)
gangs in
Georgia’s relations with
global economy and
Great Game and
independence of
international companies in
investment in
Iran’s relations with
Iraq War and
as LNG supplier
loans-for-shares in
modernization in
natural gas of
New Abroad and
nuclear power of
oligarchs in
as petro-state
pipelines of
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