CERA was acquired by the information company IHS Inc. in 2004,[1][2][3] with Yergin becoming an executive of the combined company and remaining chairman of CERA.[39] Described as a sequel to his book The Prize, Yergin's The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World (2011) continued his history of the global oil industry but also addressed energy security, natural gas, electric power, climate change and the search for renewable sources of energy.[5] Like his previous books, it was drafted in long-hand.[12] In 2011 it was shortlisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award.[40]