{"title":"Pétrole et enjeux politiques en France: La naissance d’un secteur stratégique","authors":"François Pelletier","doi":"10.3917/VING.140.0123","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"EnglishThe creation of an oil industry encountered many obstacles in France. The country was a latecomer on a market that was largely controlled by powerful foreign trusts, at a time when no French company had the means to adopt an independent policy. After the First World War, the French government used diplomatic agreements to join the oil sector, hoping to unify its citizens and breathe new life into its attempts at developing a national oil policy. This article analyses the difficulties which public officials faced, as well as the private sector’s resistance to their ambitions. It exposes the mechanisms of influence wielded by a powerful French investment bank and the conflicts of interest that oil exploitation engendered. francaisLa creation d’une industrie petroliere se heurte a de nombreux obstacles en France. L’Hexagone prend tardivement une place sur un marche etroitement controle par de puissants trusts, alors qu’aucune societe francaise n’a les moyens de mener une politique independante. Apres le premier conflit mondial, le gouvernement s’appuie sur les accords diplomatiques pour rejoindre ce secteur. Il espere federer ses nationaux et insuffler une nouvelle direction a une politique petroliere nationale. Cet article retrace les difficultes auxquelles font face les responsables francais et la resistance du secteur prive face a ces ambitions. Il expose les mecanismes d’influence d’une puissante banque d’affaires et les conflits d’interets qu’engendre l’exploitation petroliere.","PeriodicalId":51845,"journal":{"name":"Vingtieme Siecle-Revue d Histoire","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2018-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Vingtieme Siecle-Revue d Histoire","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.3917/VING.140.0123","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"Arts and Humanities","Score":null,"Total":0}
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EnglishThe creation of an oil industry encountered many obstacles in France. The country was a latecomer on a market that was largely controlled by powerful foreign trusts, at a time when no French company had the means to adopt an independent policy. After the First World War, the French government used diplomatic agreements to join the oil sector, hoping to unify its citizens and breathe new life into its attempts at developing a national oil policy. This article analyses the difficulties which public officials faced, as well as the private sector’s resistance to their ambitions. It exposes the mechanisms of influence wielded by a powerful French investment bank and the conflicts of interest that oil exploitation engendered. francaisLa creation d’une industrie petroliere se heurte a de nombreux obstacles en France. L’Hexagone prend tardivement une place sur un marche etroitement controle par de puissants trusts, alors qu’aucune societe francaise n’a les moyens de mener une politique independante. Apres le premier conflit mondial, le gouvernement s’appuie sur les accords diplomatiques pour rejoindre ce secteur. Il espere federer ses nationaux et insuffler une nouvelle direction a une politique petroliere nationale. Cet article retrace les difficultes auxquelles font face les responsables francais et la resistance du secteur prive face a ces ambitions. Il expose les mecanismes d’influence d’une puissante banque d’affaires et les conflits d’interets qu’engendre l’exploitation petroliere.