Oil Men, Territorial Ambitions and Political Agents From Pearls to Oil in the Trucial States of the Gulf
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Common Acronyms
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Before and During the War Years
- Chapter 2 Don't Shoot the Geologist
- Chapter 3 Adventures in the Sultanate of Oman
- Chapter 4 Turbulent Times
- Chapter 5 Drilling at Last
- Chapter 6 The Continental Shelf
- Chapter 7 Activity on the Borderline
- Chapter 8 Exit Superior. Enter AIOC (BP) – D’Arcy
- Chapter 9 The Buraimi Oases
- Chapter 10 The Liwa Oases
- Chapter 11 The Return to Geophysical and Drilling
- Chapter 12 The Lion is Provoked
- Epilogue
- Time line
- The Maps
- Photographs
- Bibliography
- About the Author
- Appendices – Chapter 1
- Appendices – Chapter 2
- Appendices – Chapter 3
- Appendices – Chapter 4
- Appendices – Chapter 5
- Appendices – Chapter 6
- Appendices – Chapter 7
- Appendices – Chapter 8
- Appendices – Chapter 9
- Appendices – Chapter 10
- Appendices – Chapter 11
- Appendices – Chapter 12
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Common Acronyms
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Before and During the War Years
- Chapter 2 Don't Shoot the Geologist
- Chapter 3 Adventures in the Sultanate of Oman
- Chapter 4 Turbulent Times
- Chapter 5 Drilling at Last
- Chapter 6 The Continental Shelf
- Chapter 7 Activity on the Borderline
- Chapter 8 Exit Superior. Enter AIOC (BP) – D’Arcy
- Chapter 9 The Buraimi Oases
- Chapter 10 The Liwa Oases
- Chapter 11 The Return to Geophysical and Drilling
- Chapter 12 The Lion is Provoked
- Epilogue
- Time line
- The Maps
- Photographs
- Bibliography
- About the Author
- Appendices – Chapter 1
- Appendices – Chapter 2
- Appendices – Chapter 3
- Appendices – Chapter 4
- Appendices – Chapter 5
- Appendices – Chapter 6
- Appendices – Chapter 7
- Appendices – Chapter 8
- Appendices – Chapter 9
- Appendices – Chapter 10
- Appendices – Chapter 11
- Appendices – Chapter 12
Summary
David Heard CBE studied physics and geology before joining the London based Abu Dhabi Petroleum Company in Abu Dhabi in August 1963. Working for more than a decade as a Petroleum Engineer he participated in the discovery of oil in the Abu Dhabi desert. Thereafter he was for more than two decades the Representative of the same company in Abu Dhabi. He married in 1967 the historian Dr. Frauke Heard- Bey who then joined him in Abu Dhabi, where they both still live in retirement. They have a son and two daughters. David and Frauke were fortunate to meet both Sheikh Shakhbut bin Sultan and Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan on many occasions. David is a member of Chatham House, The Royal Society for Asian Affairs, the Travellers Club, and is a Fellow of the Energy Institute, all based in London. He published ‘From Pearls to Oil, How the Oil Industry came to the United Arab Emirates’ in 2011.
Information
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Oil Men, Territorial Ambitions and Political AgentsFrom Pearls to Oil in the Trucial States of the Gulf, pp. 460Publisher: Gerlach BooksPrint publication year: 2019
Accessibility standard: Unknown
Accessibility compliance for the PDF of this book is currently unknown
and may be updated in the future.