Untapped: The Scramble for Africa's Oil
Untapped: The Scramble for Africa's Oil
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未开发：对非洲石油的争夺
DOI：
10.5860/choice.45-2143
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发表时间：
2007
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2
通讯作者：
John Ghazvinian
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作者：
John Ghazvinian
尽管长期以来人们都知道非洲蕴藏着丰富的石油，但直到最近，开采石油似乎并不值得付出努力和冒险。但随着中东原油价格的飙升以及技术的进步使得储量更容易开采，该地区已成为大国之间竞争的场所，让人回想起19世纪对该地区殖民统治的争夺。美国从非洲进口的石油已经超过从沙特阿拉伯进口的石油，而中国也将目光投向非洲大陆以寻求能源安全。这种令人眼花缭乱的新石油繁荣对美国、世界和非洲人本身意味着什么？为了找到答案，约翰·加兹维尼安走遍了从苏丹到刚果再到安哥拉的十二个非洲国家，与军阀、工业高管、土匪、活动人士、牧师、传教士、石油钻井工人、科学家和普通民众交谈，他们的生活不一定因为脚下的财富而变得更好。其结果是一个激动人心的叙述，揭示了世界最新能源热点的挑战、障碍、绝望的原因以及希望的原因。”
Although Africa has long been known to be rich in oil, extracting it hadn t seemed worth the effort and risk until recently. But with the price of Middle Eastern crude oil skyrocketing and advancing technology making reserves easier to tap, the region has become the scene of a competition between major powers that recalls the nineteenth-century scramble for colonization there. Already the United States imports more of its oil from Africa than from Saudi Arabia, and China, too, looks to the continent for its energy security. What does this giddy new oil boom mean for America, for the world, for Africans themselves? To find out, John Ghazvinian traveled through twelve African countries from Sudan to Congo to Angola talking to warlords, industry executives, bandits, activists, priests, missionaries, oil-rig workers, scientists, and ordinary people whose lives have been transformed not necessarily for the better by the riches beneath their feet. The result is a high-octane narrative that reveals the challenges, obstacles, reasons for despair, and reasons for hope emerging from the world s newest energy hot spot."