Description
This practical textbook contains toolbox of models, along with institutional, technological, and historical information on oil, coal, gas, and electricity (including Renewables). It provides managers and supervisors in the power and petroleum fields basic economic skills that will enable them to make better policy decisions relating to energy.
The updated second edition uses updated examples, statistics and models to explore energy policy, economics, institutions, and production in a global context. It provides a foundation for understanding the global energy industry and is an important classroom resource.
Features & Benefits
- Learn the fundamentals needed to make sound economic, business, and government policy decisions relating to energy industries
- Gain a better understanding of energy markets through economics, mathematical optimization, simulation, and forecasting
- Obtain historical, institutional, engineering and technical knowledge of energy production, transportation, and transformation
- Explore models for understanding and managing energy resources in a global environment
- Understand the basics of energy generation
Audience
- Field level personnel
- Management
- Energy lending and finance professionals
- Anyone who seeks to understand how, or relies upon, energy markets
- Students
About the Author
Carol A. Dahl is Adjunct and Professor Emeritus in Mineral and Energy Economics at the Colorado School of Mines and Adjunct Professor at the Chinese University of Petroleum-Beijing.
Prof. Dahl is very active in the International Association for Energy Economics, serving on its journal's editorial board, acting as a book review editor, and having received the association's highest award for her unique contributions to the field.
Details
Type: Hardcover
Size: 6x9
Pages: 712
Published: 2015
ISBN: 9781593702915
