Browsing University of Waterloo by Subject "Oil"
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Evolving Priorities: Canadian Oil Policy and the United States in the years leading up to the Oil Crisis of 1973
(University of Waterloo, 2008-05-20)This study investigates the relationship between the oil industries of Canada and the United States in the years leading up to the 1973 oil crisis. Shortly after the Second World War it became apparent that American ... -
Prosthetic Landscapes: Reclaiming the Iraqi marshes
(University of Waterloo, 2019-10-22)Hidden within the sands of the middle eastern desert, there lies a vast aging Petropolis, occupying territories in southern Iraq through the injection of infrastructure such as mechanical drills and mobile machinery. The ... -
Stringent, open and hybrid state treatment of foreign investment: three eras of the oil industry in Venezuela and Ecuador
(University of Waterloo, 2017-04-28)This thesis explains the development of three distinctive forms of engagement between the Venezuelan and Ecuadorian states and foreign investment since the 1970s until 2014 in their oil sectors. State treatment of foreign ...