THE SECRET WORLD OF OIL

Book ID/图书代码： 13850014B67277

English Summary/英文概要： The oil industry provides the lifeblood of modern civilization, and bestselling books have been written about the industry and even individual companies in it, like ExxonMobil. But the modern oil industry is an amazingly shady meeting ground of fixers, gangsters, dictators, competing governments, and multinational corporations, and until now, no book has set out to tell the story of this largely hidden world.

The global fleet of some 11,000 tankers—that’s tripled during the past decade—moves approximately 2 billion metric tons of oil annually. And every stage of the route, from discovery to consumption, is tainted by corruption and violence, even if little of that is visible to the public.

Based on trips to New York, Washington, Houston, London, Paris, Geneva, Phnom Penh, Dakar, Lagos, Baku, and Moscow, among other far-flung locals, The Secret World of Oil includes up-close portraits of a shadowy Baku-based trader; a high-flying London fixer; and an oil dictator’s playboy son who has to choose one of his eleven luxury vehicles when he heads out to party in Los Angeles. Supported by funding from the prestigious Open Society, this is both an entertaining global travelogue and a major work of investigative reporting.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 石油产业提供了现代文明的生命线。已经有畅销书写过关于这行业甚至行业里的私企，比如埃森克美孚。但是，现代的石油产业是相当隐蔽的汇集之地，有毒贩子、恶棍、大亨、政府竞争以及跨国公司。到目前，还没有一本书准备讲述这巨大的隐蔽世界的故事。

1100个油轮的全球舰队，这在过去的十年里翻了三倍，每年都运送着近20亿公吨的石油。从开发到消费的每个步骤，都充斥着腐败和暴力，虽然这些很少出现在公众的视野里。

基于到纽约、华盛顿、休斯顿、伦敦、巴黎、日内瓦、金边、达喀尔、拉各斯、巴库和莫斯科等的线路，在其他遥远的地方中，《神秘的石油世界》包括了隐蔽的巴库贸易者近距离影像，也有野心勃勃的毒贩子，以及石油大亨的花花公子，在前往洛杉矶的聚会前，要在11款豪车中挑选一款车。得到了有声望的开放社会的资金支持，这既是本有趣的全球旅行杂志，也是本调查报告的主要工作成果。（LNL）

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About the Author/作者介绍： KenSilverstein，是哈佛大学埃德蒙撒弗拉伦理中心的研究员。他是2010至2012年开放社会的研究员。2006年至2010年，他担任哈伯杂志的华盛顿区的主编。先前在洛杉矶时报任职，Silverstein也为母亲琼斯、壁纸、华盛顿月刊、民族、板岩、沙龙和其他许多出版物写文章。2005年时，他获得了来自海外新闻俱乐部的奖励，因为他与T.ChristianMiller共著的系列书籍“石油政治”，并刊登在洛杉矶时报上。

Ken Silverstein is a fellow of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University. He was a 2010–2012 Open Society Fellow. He served as Washington editor of Harper’s magazine from 2006 to 2010. Previously on the staff of the Los Angeles Times, Silverstein has also written for Mother Jones, Wallpaper, Washington Monthly, the Nation, Slate, Salon, and many other publications. In 2005, he received the Overseas Press Club Award for a series, co-written with T. Christian Miller, titled "The Politics of Petroleum" and published in the Los Angeles Times.

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