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The Seven Sisters (from a phrase first popularised by Italian oil tycoon Enrico Mattei): Exxon (Esso), Shell, BP, Gulf, Texaco, Mobil, Socal (Chevron) -- plus an eighth, the Compagnie Francaise Des Pétroles (CFP-Total).

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Table of Contents

Chapters 8-14 full-text online

1. Who Controls?
2. The Rockefeller Inheritance
3. Oil and Empire
4. The Carve-up
5. Jackpot
6. Iran and Democracy
7. The Intruders

8. Opec
The Birth of OPEC
The Balloon
The Six-day War
Oil from the North

9. Sisters Under Stress
Exxon
Mobil
Gulf
Socal
Texaco
Shell
BP
The Lobby

10. Libyan Ultimatum
The 'Poisoned Letter'
'Beware the Oil Kings'
The House of Cards

11. The Crunch
Participation
Shortage
The King's Message

12. Embargo
The Price

13. The Reckoning
The Share-out
The Price
Utopia Unvisited
The Attack
The Hearings
Governments and Companies
Trustbusters International

14. The New Cartel
Riches and Poverty
Shah v. Sheikh
Third World

15. The Seduction


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