An extensive collection of detailed forecasts and historical statistics for the worldwide energy, natural gas, and oil industries. Beck offers detailed commentary on both current and historical issues for both short-term and long-range outlooks. He gives you an understanding of the political and economic conditions, providing a thorough review of recent major events and their impact on the next decade. Forecast tables provided for 2003 to 2007 with long-range forecasts looking to the year 2012. Contents: Worldwide outlook - supply and demand U.S. outlook - supply and demand Capital expenditures Exploration drilling, and production Refining and petrochemicals Transportation Natural gas Other energy sources Worldwide crude production capacity for OPEC, non-OPEC, and total Worldwide capital spending projections Projections of the U.S. wellhead revenues from oil and natural gas production.