VOL. XXXIX

No. 19

5-February-1996

PUBLICATION RECEIVED

Lifeblood of Empire: A Personal History of the Rise and Fall of the Soviet Oil Industry. Autobiography of Lev Tchurilov, with Isabel Gorst and Nina Poussenkova. Published by Petroleum Intelligence Weekly (PIW). Price: $55.00; 35.00. 225 pages. For information on how to order contact: PIW, Circulation Department. Tel: (212) 941-5500. Fax: (212) 941-5509.

This book is a firsthand look at the development of Soviet oil from the point of...