Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction and overview; Part I. Oil's Extraordinary Price History: How Can It Be Explained?: 2. The price of oil since the early 1970s: observations and implications; 3. OPEC and its behavior cannot explain oil's price performance; 4. Can depletion and rising costs explain the price developments?; 5. State ownership, government greed and the slowdown of capacity expansion; 6. The resource curse and capacity destruction; Part II. The Shale And Conventional Oil Revolutions: Low Prices Ahead: 7. The shale revolution: US achievements to date and envisaged impacts on global energy markets; 8. Longevity of US shale oil: have we only seen the beginning?; 9. The conventional oil revolution; 10. Environmental issues arising from the revolutions; 11. Will the revolutions spread globally?; 12. A substantial long-term price fall in store; Part III. Global Implications for the Macroeconomy, the Environment and for Politics: 13. Impact on macroeconomy and trade balances; 14. Climate policy with low oil prices; 15. Political repercussions; Conclusions: 16. What have we learnt?; References; Index.