Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART ONE: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS; 1 The First Nationalistic Campaign; Petroleum and the Great Game of Empire; Montalvo's Last Chance; Venezuela and the Barco Concession; Notes; 2 The Alliance with the Foreign Oil Companies; Enrique Olaya Herrera; The Settlement of the Barco Question; Trying to Cope: 1932-1940; Notes; 3 New Winds; The Nationalization of Oil in Mexico; Storm over the Barrancabermeja Fields; Initial Proposals for a National Petroleum Company
The Mariano Ospina Pérez Administration: 1946-1950The Birth of Ecopetrol (National Petroleum Company); Notes; 4 The Oil Companies Counterattack; Venezuela and Oil in the Llanos; Ecopetrol Under Siege; Refinery in Cartagena; Forging Links with the Elite; Rewards for the Oil Companies; Notes; 5 The Last Nationalistic Backlash; The Nationalization Campaign: Pardo Parra; The End of the Barco Concession; Battle for the Refineries; Pipelines Across Colombia; Notes; 6 The Final Outcome; Amazon Oil; The Foreign Exchange Trap; From Bottled Gas to White Gasoline; Toward Massive Oil Imports; Notes
PART TWO: ELECTRICITY7 The U.S. Utilities in Colombia; Spread and Consolidation; Setback in Cali; Notes; 8 The Private Colombian Utilities at Bay; The Bogotá Light and Power Company; The Bucaramanga Electric Company; The Industrial Corporation of Garzón; Notes; 9 From Municipal to Central State Action; The Medellín Municipal Power Company; The Origins of Central State Intervention: Electraguas; Notes; 10 The Decisive Clashes; The Initial Successes; The Loss of Bogotá; Disaster in Cali; Notes; 11 Slowing Down the State; Steam Plants at Paipa and Zipaquirá
The Nationalization of the U.S. UtilitiesNotes; 12 Toward a National Electrical System; The Interconnection of Colombia: ISA; Integrating the Provinces: Corelca; The Chivor Dam; Nuclear Power; Notes; 13 In the Provinces and the Countryside; In a Provincial Capital: Popayán; The Territories: San Andrés; Rural Electrification; Notes; PART THREE: COAL; 14 Coal: Ebb and Flow; Coal in Colombia: A Global View; The Supply Crisis in Bogotá; Coal Exports from Cali; The Cerrejón Coal Deposits; Notes; Epilogue; Index
