Plunkett's Energy Industry Almanac 2004 Author:Jack W. Plunkett 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, offshore of South America and offshore of West Africa are bei... more »ng drilled at immense cost. Meanwhile for the first time, consumers in many cities are being offered a choice of utilities providers, China has become a major energy importer and Russia has become a major exporter. In the U.S., Europe and Japan, renewable and alternative energy sources are developing quickly, including big breakthroughs in wind power and hydrogen based fuel cells. This exciting new 610 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 25 statistical tables cover everything from energy consumption, production and reserves to imports, exports and prices. Also included are profiles of the 23 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, enabling key word search and export of key information, addresses, phone numbers and executive names with titles for every company profiled.« less