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Oil: History, Present and Future

By: Jurgen Weiss
  • Format:Print
  • | Language:English
  • | Pages:14
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Abstract

This background note is intended to provide context for a discussion of the strategies for big integrated oil companies in light of both oil’s current role in the global energy system and the uncertainty about changes going forward.

Keywords

Oil; Energy Markets; Oil Prices; Oil Companies; Decarbonization; Non-Renewable Energy; Environmental Sustainability; Strategy; Globalized Markets and Industries

Citation

Weiss, Jurgen. "Oil: History, Present and Future." Harvard Business School Background Note 722-011, August 2021. (Revised May 2022.)
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Jurgen R. Weiss

Business, Government and the International Economy
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