Like the cars that might one day make the Western world a bit less reliant on crude oil, "Untapped" is a hybrid; part travelogue, part analysis and part lament. It is also well timed. Energy security has become an obsession for the rich world. And some, especially in America, have argued that the supposedly limitless supply of African crude is the key to reducing the West's over-dependence on politically risky Middle Eastern supplies. This book examines the consequent boom in oil production and exploration that is currently sweeping across Africa, and the effects that this may have on the continent. None of it makes for pretty reading.
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