Rice University Energy Web Site

Political, Economic, Social, Cultural, and Religious Trends
in the Middle East and the Persian Gulf and their Impact
on Energy Supply, Security, and Pricing

1. Main Study Amy Jaffe, Consultant, James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University 2. Social, Cultural, and Religious Factors that Affect the Supply of Oil from the Middle East A Seminar Report 3. Islam and Energy Sources in the Middle East Fred R. von der Mehden, Albert Thomas Professor of Political Science Professor of Administrative Science, Rice University 4. The Asian Oil Imbalance Ichizo Aoyama, Director of Energy and Technology, JETRO-Houston Richard Berard, Jr., Assistant Director of Energy and Technology, JETRO-Houston 5. Energy Security Ronald Soligo, Professor of Economics, Rice University Amy Jaffe, Consultant, James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University Peter Mieszkowski, Allyn R. and Gladys M. Cline Professor of Economics and Finance, Rice University 6. Pipelines and the Exploration of Gas Reserves in the Middle East Dagobert L. Brito, George A. Peterkin Professor of Political Economy, Rice University Eytan Sheshinski, Sir Isaac Wolfson Professor of Public Finance, Hebrew University, Jerusalem 7. A Model of Optimal Dynamic Extraction from a Large Middle Eastern Field Robin C. Sickles, Professor of Economics, Rice University Peter Hartley, Professor of Economics, Rice University 8. An Alternative Pipeline Strategy in the Persian Gulf M. Webster Ewell, Jr., U.S. Center for Naval Analysis Dagobert L. Brito, George A. Peterkin Professor of Political Economy, Rice University