Plunkett's Energy Industry Almanac 2002-2003: The Only Complete Guide to the American Energy and Utilities Industry

The energy industry is boiling over with changes. Deregulation, new opportunities in foreign fields and markets and environmental challenges are rushing together head-on to shape the energy and utilities business of the future. Extremely deep offshore wells in the Gulf of Mexico are being drilled at a cost of more than $1 billion each. Meanwhile for the first time, consumers in many cities are being offered a choice of utilities providers. This exciting new 570 page reference book covers everything from major oil companies to electric and gas utilities, plus gas pipelines, refiners, retailers, oil field services, cogeneration and engineering. Alternative energy topics include biomass, fuel cells, wind power, solar power, hydroelectric and more. Petroleum topics include upstream and downstream. A total of 28 statistical tables cover everything from energy consumption, production and reserves to imports, exports and prices. Also included are profiles of the 17 top petroleum exporting nations including all of the OPEC countries. Next, our unique profiles of The Energy 400 Firms are also included, with such vital details as executive contacts by title, revenues, profits, types of business, web sites, competitive advantage, growth plans and more. Purchasers of either the book or PDF version can receive a free copy of the company profiles database on CD-ROM which includes full key word search and export functions.