Contents: Alain Beltran: Introduction - Morgan Le Dez: France's Oil Sources and Supply Networks (1861-1950) - Roberto Nayberg: A Few Strategic Considerations Concerning French Imports of Oil Products between 1946 and 2005 - Armelle Demagny-van Eyseren: The French Presidency, the National Companies and the First Oil Shock - Martin Chick: The Risks, Costs and Benefits of Importing Oil. Fuel Import Policy in Britain, France and the United States since 1945 - Nicolas Chigot: Research Subject. The Presence of Compagnie Francaise des Petroles in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi between 1936 and 1975 - Constance Hubin: The Compagnie Francaise de Petroles Faces off against the Producer Countries between 1945 and 1975 - Daniele Pozzi: Before "Mattei's Formula": AGIP-ENI's Foreign Policy, 1926-1957 - Ilaria Tremolada: The Relations between Eni and Iran. 1954-1957 - Armando Joao Dalla Costa/Jose Benedito Ortiz Neto: Petrobras, New Technologies and Oil Self-sufficiency in Brazil - Juliana Bastos Lohmann/George Landau: The Case of Petrobras in Brazil - Marcelo Bucheli: Oil Nationalism, Property Rights, and Political Regimes. A Comparative Study of Colombia and Mexico in the Twentieth Century - Nadji Khaoua/Belgacem Madi: The Relationships between the Producing Countries and the Oil Companies in the South. The Example of SONATRACH - Nadji Khaoua/Nabila Ghafouri: Algeria's Relationships with the Multinational Oil Companies via the New Law Concerning Hydrocarbons - Gheorghe Calcan: Concerning the Nationalisation of the Rumanian Oil Industry. The Mining Law of 1924 and its Rejoinders of 1929 and 1937 - Einar Lie: The Norwegian State and the Oil Companies.