VOL. XLI

No. 38

21-September-1998

PUBLICATION RECEIVED

The New Governance of Venezuelan Oil by Bernard Mommer. Published by the OxfordInstitute for Energy Studies (OIES), 57 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6FA, UK. Tel: (44) 1865311377. Fax: (44) 1865 310527. Email: energy. studies@mail.wolfson.ox.ac.uk. Price: 50UK and overseas. 85 pages.

Since 1989 Venezuela has been implementing a new oil policy, known as Oil OpeningPolicy (Apertura Petrolera). Having nationalized the industry in 1976, the oil...