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Hormuz, Strait of
hostile takeovers
Houghton, John
House of Representatives, U.S.
climate change and
Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming of
Houston, Tex.
Hubbert, M. King
Hubbert’s Peak
Hubbert’s Pimple
Hu Jintao
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Rita
Hussein, Saddam
Gulf War and
Iraq War and
hydraulic fracturing, see fraccing
hydrocarbonolostic
hydrocarbons
see also coal; gas, natural; oil
hydrogen
hydrogen bomb
hydrogen sulfide
hydrolysis
hydropower
in California
in China
as fuel choice
Ibn Saud, King of Saudi Arabia
Icahn, Carl
ice ages
Ikeguchi, Kotaro (Taichi Sakaiya)
Imle, John
Immelt, Jeff
Inconvenient Truth, An
Independent System Operator (ISO)
India
automobiles in
as BRIC
climate change and
coal use in
economy and economic growth of
electricity in
energy security and
gas price subsidies in
hydropower in
nuclear power of
nuclear weapons of
pipelines and
wind energy in
Indian Ocean
Indonesia
Jakarta OPEC meeting in (Nov. 1997)
as LNG supplier
as “new tiger,”
oil production in
Industrial Revolution
industry, energy efficiency of
inflation
China and
price controls and
information technology (IT)
innovation
in buildings
electricity and
LNG and
oil and
renewables and
see also shale gas; technology
Institute for Advanced Study
Institute of Nuclear Power Operations
Insull, Samuel
integrated companies
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE)
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
polarization over process of
reports of
Interior Department, U.S.
internal combustion engine (ICE)
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
International Association for Energy Economics
International Atomic Energy Agency
International Energy Agency (IEA)
International Energy Forum
International Energy Treaty
International Geophysical Year (IGY)
International Monetary Fund
International Petroleum Exchange
Internet
Arab Awakening and
cybercriminals and
electricity and
investment
in biofuels
Chinese
in Chinese oil companies
demand shock and
in electricity
in energy efficiency
Exxon’s process for
Iran and
in Iraq
in Kazakhstan
in Qatar
in renewables
sovereign wealth funds and
U.S.
in Venezuela
see also venture capital, venture-capital investing
investment banks
Iogen
Iran
Afghanistan policy of
Arab Awakening and
“axis of evil” and
Azerbaijan as interest of
Caspian Derby and
China’s relations with
containment of
cyberattack and
elections in
Great Game and
hegemony seeking of
Iraq’s relations with
Israel’s fear of
Israel’s relations with
Khatami’s reforms in
natural gas of
normalization in
nuclear program of
nuclear weapons of
oil of
oil refineries in
pipeline through
revolution in (1979)
Russia’s relations with
sanctions against
Saudi relations with
Strait of Hormuz and
terrorism and
Turkmen gas and
U.S. hostages in
U.S. relations with
Iran, Shah of
Iran-Iraq War
Iraq
Al Qaeda and
army of
“axis of evil” and
containment of
creation of
de-Baathification in
economy
electricity in
Green Zone in
in Gulf War, see Gulf War, First
Iran’s relations with
Kurdistan in
Kuwait invaded by
nuclear weapons of
Oil-for-Food Programme and
oil potential of
as petro-state
sanctions against
U.N. weapons inspectors in
U.S. policy for
WMD and
Iraqi National Oil Company
Iraqi oil
discovery of
Gulf War and
Iraq War and
Kuwait invasion and
potential of
reserves of
terrorist attacks on
Iraq War
China and
insurgency and civil war and
looting in
oil and
reasons for
reconstruction and
U.S. occupation in
Isabella, Queen of Spain
ISI (Pakistan security services)
Islam, Muslims
in Azerbaijan
in Iran
in Nigeria
Taliban and
see also Shia; Sunnis
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
Israel
Egypt’s treaty with
Iran fears of
Iran’s relations with
Iraq’s relations with
LNG and
natural gas of
Istanbul
Italy
Jackson, Lisa
Jackson, Shirley Ann
Jackzo, Gregory
Jacobs brothers
Jaffré, Philippe
Jakarta, OPEC meeting in (Nov. 1997)
Japan
AIOC and
auto industry of
China compared with
China’s dispute with
climate change and
coal use in
earthquakes in
economic growth of
economic success of
electricity of
energy efficiency in
fuel choice in
Iraq War and
Kashagan oil field and
LNG for
nuclear accident in
nuclear energy of
as oil market
postwar
renewables in
Sakhalin and
Sunshine Project in
three Denchi brothers in
Top Runner program in
U.S. compared with
in World War II,
JASON committee
Javits, Jacob
Jeddah conference (2008)
J. H. Whitney and Co.
Jieneng Jianpai (Conserving Energy and Reducing Emissions)
/> jihad, jihadists
jobs
creation of
“Joe 4” (Soviet weapons test)
Johnson, Lyndon
Johnson, Samuel
Jonathan, Goodluck
Jordan
José industrial complex
Joskow, Paul
Jospin, Lionel
“Jumbos,”
Justice Department, U.S.
Kabul
Kahn, Alfred
Kandahar
Kang Shien
Karine A (freighter)
Kashagan oil field
Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station
Kawaguchi, Yoriko
Kazakhstan
China in
diplomacy needs of
economy of
Kashagan field in
nuclear weapons of
size and population of
under Soviets
Tengiz field in
Keeling, Charles David
Keeling Curve
Kelley, P. X.
Kelly, Robert
Kelvin, Lord (William Thomson)
Kenetech
Kennan, George
Kennedy, Edward (“Ted”)
Kennedy, John
Kenya, U.S. embassy bombed in
kerogen
Kerr-McGee
Kerry, John
Keynes, John Maynard
KGB
Khamenei, Ali
Khan, A. Q.
Khan, German
Khatami, Mohammad
Khodorkovsky, Mikhail
Khomeini, Ayatollah Ruhollah
Khosla, Vinod
Khrushchev, Nikita
Kiev
King, David
Kissinger, Henry
Kistiakowsky, George (Kisty)
Kleiner, Eugene
Kleiner Perkins (later Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers)
Koonin, Steven
Korea
Korean War
Kosygin, Alexei
Krupp, Fred
Kurdistan, Kurds
Kuwait
Iraq’s invasion of
oil of
Kwaśniewski, Aleksander
Kyoto conference (1997)
developed vs. developing countries and
Europe vs. U.S. at
Kyoto Protocol
labor unions
in Venezuela
Ladoucette, Philippe de
Lane, Ray
Langen, Eugene
La Orchila
Larijani, Ali
Latin America
see also specific places
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Lay, Kenneth
lead
Lebanon, Hezbollah in
LEED (the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program)
Lee Kuan Yew
Lehman Brothers
Lemoine, Reiner
Lenin, Vladimir
Leviathan field
LG Chem
Libya
civil war in
oil of
U.S. relations with
Lieberman, Joseph
light
lightbulbs
lighting
light-water reactors
lignin
Limits of Growth, The
Linde, Carl von
Lindmayer, Joseph
Lindzen, Richard
liquefied natural gas (LNG)
Arun project
business model for
cost of
demand for
pipeline politics and
in Russia
security and
suppliers of
trains
for trucks
liquids production
Liu Zhenya
“Live Better Electrically” campaign
Liveris, Andrew
loans-for-shares
London
Callendar in
electricity in
killer fog in
stock exchange in
terrorism in
Tyndall in
Lonely Planet guides
Long Island, Shoreham plant in
Long Island Power Authority
Long-Term Capital Management
Los Alamos, N. Mex.
Los Angeles, Calif.
smog in
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
Los Angeles International Airport
Lott, Trent
Louisiana
natural gas of
offshore oil in
Louis XV, King of France
Lovins, Amory
LSF (light sand fraccing)
Lugar, Richard
Lukoil
Lula da Silva, Luiz Inácio
Lutz, Robert
MacArthur, Douglas
McCain, John
MacDonald, Gordon
McKee, Rob
Macondo (Mississippi Canyon Block 252)
Maguire, Robert
Mahoney, James
Major, John
Major Economies (formerly Major Emitters)
Makovich, Lawrence
Malacca Dilemma
Malacca Strait
Malaysia
as LNG supplier
Manabe, Syukuro
Manchuria
MANIAC (Mathematical Analyzer, Numerical Integrator and Computer)
manufacturing
American system of
Chinese
Indian
solar
see also factories
Mao Tse-tung
Maracaibo basin
marijuana
Marines, U.S.
Marine Well Containment Corporation
market-based solutions
acid rain and
Coase and
developed vs. developing countries and
as “Grand Policy Experiment,”
Kyoto conference and
lead in gasoline and
“least-cost,”
Project 88 and
war on pollution and
markets
for carbon
climate change and, see market-based solutions
electricity and
emerging
energy security and
gas
global energy
LNG and
over-the-counter
regulation vs.
Markey, Edward
Mars
Marx, Karl
Maryland
Massachusetts
Matzke, Richard
Mauna Loa
Maycock, Paul
“Mechanics of Hydraulic Fracturing, The”
(Hubbert)
Mediterranean
Caspian Derby and
Eastern
Insull on
Karine A intercepted in
natural gas in
Medium and Long-Term Development Plan for Renewable Energy
Medvedev, Dmitry
Menatep
MEND, see Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta
Mendeleev Institute for Chemistry
Menlo Park, N.J.
Mercedes
merchant generators
mergers, oil-industry
antitrust and
BP-Amoco
Conoco-Phillips
Exxon-Mobil
in France
hostile takeovers and
Texaco-Chevron
Merkel, Angela
Metcalfe, Robert
methane
Methane Pioneer
METI (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry)
Mexico
Mexico, Gulf of
as dead sea
hurricanes in
Kerr-McGee in
moratorium on drilling in
offshore production in
oil spill in
Unocal in
U.S. energy complex in
Mexico, oil of
Middle East
Al Qaeda’s emergence from
Arab Awakening in
China in
democracy in
diversification away from
Dubai contract in
energy security and
LNG suppliers in
natural gas liquids in
natural gas of
new
oil of
protests and demonstrations in
security of
stability of
U.S. role in
youth bulge in
see also specific countries
Mid-Pacific Mountain Range
“Mike” (thermonuclear device)
militias
Miller, Alexei
Miller, Marty
Milner, Anton
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japanese
Ministry of Gas Industry, Soviet
minivans
Minnesota
Miraflores
missiles
Mississippi
Mississippi Canyon Block, see Macondo
MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Mitchell, George P.
Mitchell Energy and Development
MITI (Ministry of International Trade and Industry), Japanese
Mitterrand, François
Mobil
BP merger attempt with
Exxon’s merger with
Model T
Moler, Elizabeth
Mommer, Bernard
Moniz, Ernest
monopoly, natural
Montgomery, David
Montreal conference (1987)
Montreal Protocol
Moody-Stuart, Mark
Moral Equivalent of War (MEOW)
Morgan, J. P.
Morgan Stanley
Morse, Edward
Moscow
Alekperov in
Aliyev in
National Hotel in
Mossadegh, Mohammad
mottainai (too precious to waste)
Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND)
Moynihan, Daniel Patrick
MTBE (methyl tertiary butyl ether)
Mubarak, Hosni
mujahedeen, Afghan
Mulva, James
Musk, Elon
mutually assured destruction (MAD)
Nabucco project
Naim, Moises
Naimi, Ali al-
Naitoh, Masahisa
NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
National Academy of Sciences, U.S.
National Assessment of Climate Change, Chinese
National Electoral Council, Venezuelan
National Energy Administration, Chinese
National Energy Plan, U.S.
National Hurricane Center, U.S.
National Intelligence Estimate, U.S.
nationalism
resource
nationalization
in Venezuela
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory, U.S. (NREL)
National Research Council
National Science Board, U.S.
National Science Foundation, U.S.
nation building
NATO
Natural Gas Policy Act (1978)
“Nature of the Firm, The” (Coase)
Nautilus, USS
Navy, Chinese
Navy, German
Navy, U.S.
nuclear
Revelle in
Nazarbayev, Nursultan
Near Abroad
Netherlands
natural gas in