(Aramco), Edited by Kyle L. Pakka (2006).
The Energy Within: A Photo History of the People of Saudi Aramco.
(Dammam, Saudi Arabia: Printed by Afkar Promoseven, 153 p.). Saudi
Aramco--Employees--History--Pictorial works; Petroleum workers--Saudi
Arabia--History--Pictorial works; Petroleum industry and trade--Saudi
Arabia--History--Pictorial works.
(Aramco), Robert Vitalis (2006).
America’s Kingdom: Mythmaking on the Saudi Oil Frontier.
(Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 353 p.). Associate Professor
of Political Science (University of Pennsylvania). Arabian American Oil
Company--History; Saudi Aramco--History; Petroleum industry and
trade--Saudi Arabia--History; United States--Foreign relations--Saudi
Arabia; Saudi Arabia--Foreign relations--United States.
Oil led U.S. government to follow company to
kingdom. Covers more than seventy years, three
continents, true story of events on Saudi oil fields.
(ARCO), (Richfield Oil Corporation), Jones, Charles S. Jones; Foreword by
Robert O. Anderson (1972).
From the Rio Grande to the Arctic; The Story of the Richfield Oil
Corporation. (Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 364
p.). Richfield Oil Corporation.
(ARCO), Kenneth Harris (1987).
The Wildcatter: A Portrait of
Robert O. Anderson. (New York, NY: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 180
p.). Anderson, Robert O., 1917- ; Atlantic Richfield Co.--History;
Businessmen--United States--Biography; Petroleum industry and
trade--United States--History.
(ARCO), Paul E. Patterson (1999).
Hardhat and Stetson: Robert O.
Anderson, Oilman and Cattleman. (Santa Fe, NM: Sunstone Press, 206
p.). Anderson, Robert O., 1917- ; Atlantic Richfield Co.--History;
Businessmen--United States--Biography; Petroleum industry and
trade--United States--History.
(Ashland), Jeffrey L. Rodengen (1998).
New
Horizons : The Story of Ashland, Inc. (Fort Lauderdale, FL: Write
Stuff Enterprises, 223 p.). Ashland Oil, inc.--History; Petroleum
industry and trade--United States--History; Petroleum chemicals
industry--United States--History.
(Ashland), Joseph L. Massie (1960).
Blazer and Ashland Oil : A
Study in Management. (Lexington, KY: University of Kentucky Press,
253 p.). Blazer, Paul G.; Ashland Oil and Refining Company (Ashland,
Ky.)
(Ashland), Otto J. Scott (1968).
The Exception; the Story of
Ashland Oil & Refining Company. (New York, NY: McGraw-Hill,
450 p.). Blazer, Paul G.; Ashland Oil and Refining Company, inc.,
Ashland, Ky.
(Aurora Gasoline), Peter Golden (1992).
Quiet Diplomat: A
Biography of Max M. Fisher. (New York, NY: Cornwall Books, 564
p.). Fisher, Max M.; Jews--United States--Biography; Zionists--United
States--Biography; United States--Foreign relations--Israel;
Israel--Foreign relations--United States.
(British Petroleum), Henry Longhurst with a foreword by Winston
Churchill (1959).
Adventure in Oil: The Story of British Petroleum.
(London, UK: Sidgwick and Jackson, 286 p.). British Petroleum Company;
Petroleum industry and trade -- Middle East.
(British Petroleum), John Rowland and Basil, second baron Cadman
(1960).
Ambassador for Oil: The Life of John, First Baron Cadman.
(London, UK: H. Jenkins, 191 p.). Cadman, John Cadman, baron, 1877-1941;
British Petroleum Company; Petroleum industry and trade -- Middle East.
(British Petroleum), J. R. L. Anderson (1969).
East of Suez: A
Study of Britain's Greatest Trading Enterprise. (London, UK: Hodder
& Stoughton, 288 p.). British Petroleum Company; Petroleum industry and
trade -- Middle East.
(British Petroleum), John W. Williamson (1977).
In a Persian Oil Field. (New York, NY: Arno Press, 192 p. [orig.
pub. 1930]). British Petroleum Company; Petroleum industry and trade --
Iran; Iran -- Economic conditions -- 1918-.
(British Petroleum), R.W. Ferrier (1982).
The History of the
British Petroleum Company: Volume 1, The Developing Years, 1901-1932.
(New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 698 p.). British Petroleum
Company.--History; Petroleum industry and trade--Great Britain--History.
(British Petroleum), James H. Bamberg (1994).
The History of the British Petroleum Company: Volume 2, The
Anglo-Iranian Years 1928-1954. (New York, NY: Cambridge
University Press, 667 p.). British Petroleum Company.--History;
Petroleum industry and trade--Great Britain--History.
(British Petroleum), James Bamberg and R.W. Ferrier (2000).
British Petroleum and Global Oil, 1950-1975:
Volume 3, The Challenge of
Nationalism. (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 666 p.).
British Petroleum Company--History; Petroleum industry and trade--Great
Britain--History. Volume 3.
(Burmah Oil Company), T.A.B. Corley (1983).
A History of
the Burmah Oil Company, Vol.: 1 1886-1924. (London, UK:
Heinemann, 331 p.). Burmah Oil Company -- History.
(Burmah Oil Company), T.A.B. Corley (1988).
A History of
the Burmah Oil Company, Vol. 2: 1924-1966. (London, UK: Heinemann,
416 p.). Burmah Oil Company -- History.
(Conoco), John Joseph Mathews (1989).
Life and Death of an Oilman: The Career of E.W. Marland.
(Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 259 p. [orig. pub. 1951]).
Marland, Ernest Whitworth, 1874-1941; Industrialists--United
States--Biography; Petroleum industry and trade--United
States--History. Founder of Marland Oil Company.
(Conoco), Russ Banham (2000).
Conoco: 125 Years of Energy. (Lyme,
CT: Greenwich Pub. Co., 276 p.). Conoco Inc.; Petroleum industry and
trade--United States--History.
(Creole Petroleum Corporation), Wayne C. Taylor and John Lindeman
(1955).
The Creole Petroleum Corporation in Venezuela. (Washington,
DC: National Planning Association, 105 p.). Creole Petroleum
Corporation.
(Cromarty Petroleum), George Rosie (1978).
The Ludwig
Initiative: A Cautionary Tale of North Sea Oil. (Edinburgh,
Scotland: Mainstream Publishing Co., Ltd., 148 p.). Ludwig, Daniel
Keith, 1897-1992; Cromarty Petroleum Company; Petroleum industry and
trade--Scotland; Capitalists and financiers--United States--Biography.
(DeGolyer and MacNaughton), Lon Tinkle; With a foreword by Norman
Cousins (1970).
Mr. De; A Biography of Everette Lee DeGolyer.
(Boston, MA: Little, Brown, 393 p.). DeGolyer, E. (Everette),
1886-1956.
(Delta Drilling), James Presley (1981).
Never in Doubt: A
History of Delta Drilling Company. (Houston, TX: Gulf Pub. Co.,
543 p.). Delta Drilling Company--History; Petroleum industry and
trade--Texas--History; Wealth--Texas--History.
(Doheny), Dan La Botz (1991).
Edward L. Doheny: Petroleum,
Power, and Politics in the United States and Mexico. (New York,
NY: Praeger, 202 p.). Doheny, Edward L. Edward Laurence), 1856-1935;
Industrialists--United States--Biography; Petroleum industry and
trade--United States--History; Petroleum industry and
trade--Mexico--History.
(Doheny), Margaret L. Davis (1998).
Dark Side of Fortune:
Triumph and Scandal in the Life of Oil Tycoon Edward L. Doheny.
(Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 339 p.). Doheny, Edward
L. (Edward Laurence), 1856-1935; Industrialists--United
States--Biography; Petroleum industry and trade--United
States--History; Petroleum industry and trade--California,
Southern--History; Petroleum industry and trade--Mexico--History;
Teapot Dome Scandal, 1921-1924.
(Doheny), Martin R. Ansell (1998).
Oil Baron of the Southwest:
Edward L. Doheny and the Development of the Petroleum Industry in
California and Mexico. (Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press,
302 p.). Doheny, Edward L. (Edward Laurence), 1856-1935;
Industrialists--United States--Biography; Petroleum industry and
trade--California, Southern--History; Petroleum industry and
trade--United States--History; Petroleum industry and
trade--Mexico--History.
(Dome Petroleum), Peter Foster (1983).
Other People's Money: The
Banks, the Government, and Dome. (Toronto, ON: Collins, 286 p.).
Dome Petroleum Limited--History--20th century; Petroleum industry and
trade--Canada--Finance--History--20th century.
(Dome Petroleum), Jim Lyon (1983).
Dome Petroleum: The Inside
Story of Its Rise and Fall. (New York, NY: Beaufort Books, 227
p.). Dome Petroleum Limited--History--20th century; Petroleum industry
and trade--Canada--History--20th century.
(Dresser Industries), Darwin Payne (1979).
Initiative in Energy: Dresser Industries, Inc., 1880-1978.
(New York, NY: Simon and Schuster, 415 p.). Dresser Industries, inc.
-- History.
(Elf-Aquitaine), Pierre Péan et Jean-Pierre Séréni (1982). Les
Emirs de la République: l'Aventure du Pétrole Tricolore. (Paris,
FR: Seuil, 224 p.). Elf-Aquitaine (Company); Petroleum industry and
trade--France.
(Elf-Aquitaine), Elf-Aquitaine Company (1998).
Elf Aquitaine:
Des Origines À 1989. (Paris, FR: Fayard, 366 p.). Elf-Aquitaine
(Company); Petroleum industry and trade--France; Petroleum
products--France.
(ENSCO), Carolyn Barta (2007).
ENSCO: The First Twenty Years: Offshore Driller of Choice.
(Houston, TX: Gulf Pub., 264 p.). ENSCO--History; Offshore oil well
drilling--United States--History; Offshore oil industry--United
States--History.
(Esso Standard Oil Company), Erasmo Dumpierre (1984). La Esso en
Cuba: Monopolio y Republica Burguesa. (La Habana, Cuba: Editorial
de Ciencias Sociales, 148 p.). Esso Standard Oil Company
(Cuba)--History; Petroleum industry and trade--Government
policy--Cuba--History.
(Getty), J. Paul Getty (1941). The History of the Oil Business
of George F. and J. Paul Getty from 1903 to 1939. (Los Angeles,
CA: J. Paul Getty, 501 p.). Getty, George Franklin, 1855-1930;
Petroleum industry and trade--United States.
(Getty), Ralph Hewins (1960).
The Richest American: J. Paul
Getty. (New York, NY: Dutton, 404 p.). Getty, J. Paul (Jean Paul),
1892-1976.
(Getty), J. Paul Getty (1976).
As I See It: The Autobiography of
J. Paul Getty. (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 360 p.). Getty,
J. Paul (Jean Paul), 1892-1976.
(Getty), Russell Miller (1985).
The House of Getty. (London,
UK: M. Joseph, 361 p.). Getty, J. Paul (Jean Paul), 1892-1976; Getty
family; Businessmen--United States--Biography; Millionaires--United
States--Biography; Petroleum industry and trade--United States--History;
Rich people--United States--Biography.
(Getty), Robert Lenzner (1986).
The Great Getty: The Life and
Loves of J. Paul Getty, Richest Man in the World. (New York, NY:
Crown Publishers, 283 p.). Getty, J. Paul (Jean Paul), 1892-1976;
Businessmen--United States--Biography; Millionaires--United
States--Biography; Petroleum industry and trade--United States--History;
Rich people--United States--Biography.
(Getty), Steve Coll (1987).
The Taking of Getty Oil: The Full Story of the Most Spectacular--&
Catastrophic--Takeover of All Time. (New York, NY: Atheneum, 528
p.). Getty family; Getty Oil Company; Petroleum industry and trade --
United States -- History.
(Gulf), Craig Thompson (1951).
Since Spindletop: A Human Story
of Gulf's First Half-Century. (Pittsburgh, PA: Gulf Oil
Corporation, 110 p.). Gulf Oil Corporation
(Gulf), William S. Hoffman (1974).
Paul Mellon: Portrait of an
Oil Baron. (Chicago, IL: Follett Pub. Co., 204 p.). Mellon, Paul;
Gulf Oil Corporation.
(Gulf), Chris Eipper (1989).
Hostage to Fortune: Bantry Bay and the Encounter with Gulf Oil.
(St. John's, Nfld: Institute of Social and Economic Research, 193 p.).
Gulf Oil Exploration and Production Co.; Petroleum industry and trade
-- Social aspects -- Ireland -- Bantry; Economic development -- Social
aspects -- Ireland -- Bantry; International business enterprises --
Social aspects -- Ireland -- Bantry; Bantry (Ireland) -- Social
conditions.
(Home Oil), Philip Smith (1978).
The Treasure-Seekers: The Men
Who Built Home Oil. (Toronto, ON: Macmillan of Canada, 310 p.).
Home Oil Company -- History; Petroleum industry and trade -- Canada --
History.
(Hughes Tool), Michael R. Botson, Jr. (2005).
Labor, Civil Rights, and the Hughes Tool Company. (College
Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 265 p.). Hughes Tool Company;
Labor unions--Texas--History--20th century; Labor
movement--Texas--History--20th century; African Americans--Employment;
African Americans--Civil rights.
July 12, 1964 -
National Labor Relations Board decertified racially segregated
Independent Metal Workers Union as collective bargaining agent at
Hughes Tool Company; first ruling in Labor Board's history that racial
discrimination by union violated National Labor Relations Act.
(Humble Oil & Refining), Henrietta M. Larson and Kenneth Wiggins Porter
(1959).
History of Humble Oil & Refining Company; A Study in
Industrial Growth. (New York, NY: Harper, 769 p.). Harvard
Business School, University of Oregon. Humble Oil and Refining
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(Humble Oil & Refining), Ross S. Sterling and Ed Kilman; edited and
revised by Don Carleton; foreword by Dolph Briscoe, Jr. (2007).
Ross Sterling, Texan: A Memoir by the Founder of Humble Oil and
Refining Company. (Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 280
p. [rev. ed.]). Principal Founder of the Humble Oil and Refining
Company. Sterling, Ross S., 1875-1949; Humble Oil and Refining Company
(Incorporated in Tex.)--Biography; Houston post-dispatch--History;
Governors--Texas--Biography. Businessmen--Texas--Biography;
Bankers--Texas--Biography; Petroleum industry and
trade--Texas--History--20th century; Texas--Politics and
government--1865-1950; Texas--Economic conditions--20th century;
Houston (Tex.)--Biography. History of Houston, growth of American oil industry.
(Hunt), Jerome Tuccille (1984).
Kingdom: The Story of the Hunt
Family of Texas. (Ottawa, IL: Jameson Books, 384 p.). Hunt family;
Businesspeople--United States--Biography; Capitalists and
financiers--United States--Biography.
(Hunt), Hunt Oil Company (1995).
The History of Hunt Oil
Company: Our 60th Year, 1994. (Dallas, TX: Hunt Oil Company, 128
p.). Hunt Oil Company--History; Petroleum industry and trade--United
States--History.
(Imperial Oil), Hope Morritt (1993).
Rivers of Oil: The Founding of North America's Petroleum Industry.
(Kingston, ON: Quarry Press, 194 p.). Imperial Oil Limited -- History;
Petroleum industry and trade -- Ontario -- Oil Springs -- History; Oil
Springs (Ont.) -- History; Petrolia (Ont.) -- History.
(Irving Oil), Russell Hunt and Robert Campbell (1973).
K.C. Irving: The Art of the Industrialist. (Toronto, ON:
McClelland and Stewart, 197 p.). Irving, K. C. (Kenneth Colin), 1899-;
New Brunswick -- Economic conditions -- 1945-.
(Irving Oil), John DeMont (1991).
Citizens Irving: K.C. Irving and His Legacy: The Story of Canada's
Wealthiest Family. (Toronto, ON: Doubleday Canada, 253 p.).
Irving, K. C. (Kenneth Colin), 1899- ; Irwin family; Industrialists --
New Brunswick -- Biography; Capitalists and financiers -- New
Brunswick -- Biography.
(Irving Oil), Douglas How & Ralph Costello (1993).
K.C.: The Biography of K.C. Irving. (Toronto, ON: Key Porter
Books, 400 p.). Irving, K. C. (Kenneth Colin), 1899- ; Industrialists
-- New Brunswick -- Biography; Capitalists and financiers -- New
Brunswick -- Biography.
(Julian Petroleum), Jules Tygiel (1996).
The Great Los Angeles
Swindle: Oil, Stocks, and Scandal During the Roaring Twenties.
(Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 398 p. [orig. pub.
1994]). Julian Petroleum Corporation; Julian Petroleum Corporation;
Petroleum industry and trade--Corrupt practices--California--Los
Angeles.
(Koch Industries), J. Howard Marshall II; edited with an
introduction by Robert L. Bradley, Jr. (1994).
Done in Oil: An
Autobiography. (College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press,
282 p.). Marshall, J. Howard (James Howard), 1905- ;
Businesspeople--United States--Biography; Petroleum industry and
trade--United States--History--20th century.
(Kuwait Petroleum Corporation), Mary Ann Tétreault (1995).
The
Kuwait Petroleum Corporation and the Economics of the New World Order
(Westport, CT: Quorum Books, 232 p.). Kuwait Petroleum Corporation;
Petroleum industry and trade -- Kuwait; Petroleum industry and trade
-- Government policy -- Kuwait; Investments -- Kuwait; Kuwait --
Foreign economic relations.
(Mapco), Rufus Jarman (1977).
The Energy Merchant. (New
York, NY: R. Rosen Press, 279 p.). Thomas, Robert E., 1914- ;
Mapco--History; Businesspeople--United States--Biography.
(Marathon), Hartzell Spence (1962).
Portrait in Oil, How the
Ohio Oil Company Grew to Become Marathon. (New York, NY:
McGraw-Hill, 357 p.). Marathon Oil Company.
(Marland Oil Company), John Joseph Mathews (1989).
Life and
Death of an Oilman: The Career of E.W. Marland. (Norman, OK:
University of Oklahoma Press, 259 p. [orig. pub. 1951]). Marland,
Ernest Whitworth, 1874-1941; Industrialists--United States--Biography;
Petroleum industry and trade--United States--History.
(McMan Oil Company), Carl N. Tyson, James H. Thomas, Odie B. Faulk
(1977).
The McMan: The Lives of Robert M. McFarlin and James A.
Chapman. (Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press for the
Oklahoma Heritage Association, 224 p.). McFarlin, Robert Martin,
1866-1942; Chapman, James Allen, 1881-1966; McMan Oil
Company--History; McMan Oil and Gas Company--History; Petroleum
industry and trade--Oklahoma--History;
Businesspeople--Oklahoma--Biography.
(Mesa Petroleum), T. Boone Pickens, Jr. (1987).
Boone (Boston,
MA: Houghton Mifflin, 304 p.). Pickens, T. Boone (Thomas Boone); Mesa
Petroleum Co.--History; Industrialists--Texas--Biography; Petroleum
industry and trade--United States--History.
(Mesa Petroleum), T. Boone Pickens, Jr. (2000).
The Luckiest Guy in the World. (Washington, DC: BeardBooks,
388 p.). Founder (Mesa Petroleum). Pickens, T. Boone (Thomas Boone);
Businessmen--United States--Biography; Success in business--United
States; Entrepreneurship; Petroleum industry and trade--United States;
Petroleum industry and trade--Management.
(Mitchell Energy & Development), Joseph W. Kutchin (2001).
How
Mitchell Energy & Development Corp. Got Its Start and How It Grew: An
Oral History and Narrative Overview. (Woodlands, TX: Universal
Publishers, 658 p. [updated]). Mitchell Energy & Development Corp.;
Petroleum industry and trade--United States--History.; Petroleum
industry and trade--Texas--History; Gas industry--United
States--History; Gas industry--Texas--History; Woodlands
(Tex.)--History.
(Mobil Oil - originally SOCONY - Standard Oil Company of New York;
1954 Socony-Vacuum Corporation officially adopts Mobil name), Howard
Bird, Jr. (1990).
Were Grandfathers Always Old?: Autobiography.
(New Canaan, CT: H. Bird, Jr., 357 p.). Bird, Howard, 1916- ; Mobil Oil
Company--Biography; Executives--United States--Biography.
(Mobil Oil - Philippines), The Company (1991). Mobil, 100 Years in
the Philippines, 1892-1992. (Manila, Phiippines: The Company, 108
p.). Mobil Oil Philippines--History; Petroleum industry and
trade--Philippines; Natural gas--Philippines.
(Mobil Oil), Robert L. Kerr (2005).
The Rights of Corporate Speech: Mobil Oil and the Legal Development of
the Voice of Big Business. (New York, NY: LFB Scholarly Pub.,
212 p.). Mobil Oil Corporation--Political activity; Corporate
speech--United States; Corporations--Political activity--Law and
legislation--United States.
(Moncrief Oil), Charlie Moncrief (2002).
Wildcatters: The True Story of How Conspiracy, Greed and the IRS
Almost Destroyed a Legendary Texas Oil Family. (Washington,
DC: Regnery, 260 p.). Moncrief Oil; Tax evasion--Texas--Fort
Worth--Case studies.
(Murchison), Jane Wolfe (1989).
The Murchisons: The Rise and
Fall of a Texas Dynasty. (New York,. NY: St. Martin's Press, 505
p.). Murchison, Clinton Williams, 1895-1969; Murchison family; Dallas
Cowboys (Football team); Capitalists and financiers--United
States--Biography; Texas--Biography.
(National Petroleum Council), Joseph A. Pratt, William H. Becker, &
William M. McClenahan, Jr. (2002).
Voice of the Marketplace: A History of the National Petroleum Council.
(College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 292 p.). National
Petroleum Council--History; Petroleum industry and trade--Government
policy--United States--History; Gas industry--Government
policy--United States--History; Energy policy--United States--History;
Environmental policy--United States--History; Energy advisory
committees--United States--History; Executive advisory bodies--United
States--History; National security--United States.
(Occidental), Bob Considine (1975).
The Remarkable Life of Dr.
Armand Hammer. (New York, NY: Harper & Row, 287 p.). Hammer,
Armand, 1898-1990.
(Occidental), Joseph Finder (1983).
Red Carpet. (New York,
NY: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 372 p.). Businesspeople--United
States--Biography; United States--Commerce--Soviet Union; Soviet
Union--Commerce--United States.
(Occidental), Armand Hammer, with Neil Lyndon (1987).
Hammer.
(New York, NY: Putnam, 544 p.). Hammer, Armand, 1897- ;
Businessmen--United States--Biography; Capitalists and
financiers--United States--Biography; Statesmen--United
States--Biography; United States--Relations--Soviet Union; Soviet
Union--Relations--United States.
(Occidental), Steve Weinberg (1989).
Armand Hammer: The Untold
Story. (Boston, MA: Little, Brown, 501 p.). Hammer, Armand, 1897-
; Businessmen--United States--Biography; Millionaires--United
States--Biography; Rich people--United States--Biography.
(Occidental), Carl Blumay with Henry Edwards (1992).
The Dark
Side of Power: The Real Armand Hammer. (New York, NY: Simon &
Schuster, 494 p.). Hammer, Armand, 1897- ; Businessmen--United
States--Biography; Capitalists and financiers--United
States--Biography; Statesmen--United States--Biography; United
States--Relations--Soviet Union; Soviet Union--Relations--United
States.
(Occidental), Edward Jay Epstein (1996).
Dossier: The Secret
History of Armand Hammer. (New York, NY: Random House, 418
p.). Hammer, Armand, 1897- ; Businesspeople--United
States--Biography; Capitalists and financiers--United
States--Biography; Statesmen--United States--Biography; United
States--Relations--Soviet Union; Soviet Union--Relations--United
States.
(Okalta Oil Limited), Ed. David H. Breen (1984).
William Stewart Herron: Father of the Petroleum Industry in Alberta.
(Calgary, AB: Alberta Records Publication Board, Historical Society of
Alberta, 359 p.). Herron, William Stewart, 1870-1939 --Correspondence;
Petroleum industry and trade--Alberta--History--Sources.
(OPEC), Mary Ann Tetreault (1981). The Organization of Arab
Petroleum Exporting Countries: History, Policies, and Prospects
(Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 215 p.). Organization of Arab
Petroleum Exporting Countries. Series Contributions in economics and
economic history.
(Pennsylvania), Paul H. Giddens (1947).
Pennsylvania Petroleum,
1750-1872: A Documentary History. (Titusville, PA: Drake Well
Memorial Park, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 420 p.).
Petroleum industry and trade--Pennsylvania; Petroleum--History.
(Petro-Canada), Peter Foster (1992). Self Serve: How Petro-Canada
Pumped Canadians Dry. (Toronto, ON: Macfarlane Walter & Ross, 323
p.). Petro-Canada; Petroleum industry and trade--Government
ownership--Canada.
(Petroleum Club of Houston), Jack Donahue (1984).
The Finest in
the Land: The Story of the Petroleum Club of Houston. (Houston,
TX: Gulf Publishing Co., 336 p.). Petroleum Club of Houston--History;
Petroleum industry and trade--Texas--History.
(Phillips Petroleum), Michael Wallis with a foreword by John Gibson
Phillips, Jr. (1995).
Oil Man: The Story of Frank Phillips and the
Birth of Phillips Petroleum. (New York, NY: St. Martin's, 480 p.).
Phillips, Frank, 1873-; Phillips Petroleum Company--History;
Industrialists--United States--Biography; Petroleum industry and
trade--United States--History.
(Pinal Dome), Richard C. Schwarzman (1976).
The Pinal Dome Oil
Company: An Adventure in Business, 1901-1917. (New York, NY: Arno
Press, 328 p. Pinal Dome Oil Company, Santa Maria, Calif.
(Quintana Petroleum), Ed Kilman and Theon Wright (1954).
Hugh Roy Cullen: A Story of American Opportunity. (New York,
NY: Prentice-Hall, 376 p.). Cullen, Hugh Roy, 1881-1957.
(Refining Associates, Inc.), Sir Eldon Griffiths, Roberta Lessor,
and Myron Yeager (1998).
The Hutton Story. (Orange, CA: Chapman
University Press, 454 p.). Former Conservative Member of Parliament,
Former Minister in the British government, Founding Director of
Chapman's Schmid Center for International Business. Hutton, Betty,
1913-1995; Hutton, Harold, 1904-1975; Refining Associates, Inc.;
Refican (Corporation); Businesspeople--United States--Biography;
Petroleum industry and trade--Asia; Petroleum industry and
trade--Indonesia.
(Robinson & Son Oil Company), Paul J. Bunnell (1995).
The House of Robinson: The Robinsons of Rhode Island: Their Genealogy
and Letters and the History of the Robinson & Son Oil Company of
Baltimore, Maryland. (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 226
p.). Robinson family; Robinson, Rowland, 1654-1716 --Family; Robinson
& Son Oil Company--History; Rhode Island--Genealogy;
Maryland--History.
(Royal Dutch Shell Group - dates to 1833, created in 1907), Frederik Carel
Gerretson (1953-1957).
History of the Royal Dutch. (Leiden,
Netherlands: Brill, 4 vols.). Koninklijke Nederlandsche Petroleum
Maatschappij; Petroleum industry and trade--Indonesia.
(Royal Dutch Shell Group), Kendall Beaton (1957).
Enterprise in
Oil; A History of Shell in the United States. (New York, NY:
Appleton-Century-Crofts, 815 p.). Shell Oil Company.
(Royal Dutch Shell Group), Ralph Hewins (1958).
Mr. Five Per Cent,
The Story of Calouste Gulbenkian. (New York, NY: Rinehart, 261 p.).
Gulbenkian, Calouste Sarkis; Petroleum industry and trade.
(Royal Dutch Shell Group), John Lodwick in collaboration wih D. H.
Young (1958).
Gulbenkian: An Interpretation of "The Richest Man in
the World". (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 289 p.). Gulbenkian,
Calouste Sarkis.
(Royal Dutch Shell Group), Robert David Quixano Henriques (1960).
Bearsted; A Biography of Marcus Samuel, First Viscount Bearsted, and
Founder of ’Shell’ Transport and Trading Co.
(New York, NY: Viking, 676 p.). Bearsted, Marcus Samuel, First
Viscount, 1853-1927; "Shell" Transport and Trading Company, ltd.,
London.
(Royal Dutch Shell Group), Barbara Wells (1979).
Shell at Deer
Park: The Story of the First Fifty Years. (Houston, TX: Shell Oil
Co., 139 p.). Shell Oil Company--History; Deer Park (Tex.)--History.
(Royal Dutch Shell Group), Nicky Moey (1991). The Shell Endeavour:
First 100 Years in Singapore. (Singapore: Designed and published for
Shell Companies in Singapore by Times Editions Pte. Ltd., 128 p.). Shell
Companies in Singapore--History; Petroleum industry and
trade--Singapore--History.
(Royal Dutch Shell Group), Paul Hendrix (1996). Henri Deterding:
de Koninklijke, de Shell en de Rothschilds. (Den Haag (the Hague),
Netherlands: Sdu Uitgevers, 368 p.). Deterding, Henri, 1866-1939;
Koninklijke Nederlandsche Petroleum Maatschappij--History;
Businesspeople--Netherlands--Biography; Petroleum industry and
trade--Netherlands--History.
(Royal Dutch Shell Group), Paul Hendrix (2002).
Sir Henri
Deterding and Royal Dutch-Shell: Changing Control of World Oil,
1900-1940. (Bristol, UK: Bristol Academic, 275 p.). Deterding,
Henri, 1866-1939; Koninklijke Nederlandsche Petroleum Maatschappij
History; Petroleum industry and trade Netherlands History;
Businesspeople Netherlands Biography. English version based upon the
original Dutch text and completed from drafts left after the authors
death in 1999.
(Royal Dutch Shell Group), Ian Cummins and John Beasant (2005).
Shell Shock: The Secrets and Spin of an Oil Giant. (Edinburgh,
Scotland: Mainstream Pub., 256 p.). Former Employee of Shell. Shell
Oil Company--History; Petroleum industry and
trade--Netherlands--History.
(Royal Dutch Shell Group), Tyler Priest (2007).
The Offshore Imperative: Shell Oil’s Search for Petroleum in Postwar
America. (College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 336
p.). Director of Global Studies, College of Business (University of
Houston). Shell Oil Company--History; Petroleum industry and
trade--United States. Company pioneered
drilling in deepwater fields of Gulf of Mexico; engineers built
on half-century of accumulated knowledge, improvements to technical
systems to create methods for finding, producing oil and gas from
astounding water depths.
(Royal Dutch Shell Group), Jan Luiten van Zanden, Joost Jonker,
Stephen Howarth and Keetie Sluyterman (2007).
A History of Royal Dutch Shell. (New York, NY: Oxford
University Press, 1,050 p.). Professor of Economic and Social History
(University of Utrecht); Lecturer and Researcher (University of
Utrecht); Fellow of the Royal Historical Society; Professor of
Business History (Utrecht University). Royal Dutch Shell.
World of oil, tireless efforts to ascertain
energy supplies for future generations.
(Sibneft), Ilya Gerol (2006). Roman o Romane. (Sankt-Peterburg,
Russia: Lenizdat,, 446 p.). Abramovich, Roman Arkadievich, 1966- ;
Businesspeople--Russia (Federation)--Biography. Acquired Sibneft below
market value after series of oil deals in 1990s; 2005 - acquired by
Gazprom for $13 billion.
(Skelly Oil Company), Roberta Louise Ironside (1970).
An Adventure Called Skelly; A History of Skelly Oil Company Through
Fifty Years, 1919-1969. (New York, NY:
Appleton-Century-Crofts, 147 p.). Skelly Oil Company.
(Standard Oil Company), Roger M. Olien & Diana Davids Olien (2000).
Oil and Ideology: The Cultural Creation of the American Petroleum
Industry. (Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina
Press, 305 p.). Rockefeller, John D. (John Davison), 1839-1937
--Public opinion; --Public opinion; Petroleum industry and
trade--Moral and ethical aspects--United States--Historiography;
Petroleum industry and trade--Government policy--United
States--Historiography; Petroleum industry and trade--Moral and
ethical aspects--United States--Public opinion; Public
interest--United States--Public opinion; Public opinion--United
States.
(Standard-CA), Gerald T. White (1976).
Formative Years in the
Far West: A History of Standard Oil Company of California and
Predecessors through 1919. (New York, NY: Arno Press, 694 p.
[Reprint of 1962 ed.]). Standard Oil Company (California); Petroleum
industry and trade--California--History.
(Standard-IN), Paul Henry Giddens (1976).
Standard Oil Company
(Indiana): Oil Pioneer of the Middle West. (New York, NY: Arno
Press, 741 p. [Reprint of 1955 ed.]). Standard Oil Company (Indiana);
Petroleum industry and trade--Middle West--History.
(Standard-IN), Emmett Dedmon (1984). Challenge and Response: A
Modern History of the Standard Oil Company (Indiana). (Chicago,
IL: Mobium Press, 324 p.). Standard Oil Company (Indiana)--History;
Petroleum industry and trade--United States--History.
(Standard-NJ), Ida M. Tarbell (1925).
The History of the
Standard Oil Company. (New York, NY: Macmillan, 2 vols.). Standard
Oil Company; Petroleum industry and trade--United States--History.
(Standard-NJ), Charles S. Popple (1952).
Standard Oil Company
(New Jersey) in World War II. (New York, NY: Standard Oil Co., 340
p.). Standard Oil Company.
(Standard-NJ), Ralph W. Hidy, Muriel E. Hidy (1987).
History of Standard Oil Company (New Jersey): Pioneering in Big
Business, 1882-1911 - Volume 1 (Ayer Pub. Co. ). Standard Oil
Company.
(Standard-NJ), George S. Gibb and E. H. Knowlton (1955-71).
History of Standard Oil Company (New Jersey):
The Resurgent Years, 1911-1927 - Volume 2. (New York,
NY: Harper, 754 p.). Standard Oil Company.
(Standard-NJ), Henrietta M. Larson, E. H. Knowlton, and C. S. Popple (1955-71). History of Standard Oil Company (New Jersey):
New Horizons, 1927-1950 - Volume 3.
(New York, NY: Harper, 3 vols.). Standard Oil Company.
(Standard-NJ), Henrietta M. Larson and Kenneth Wiggins Porter
(1959).
History of Humble Oil & Refining Company; A Study in
Industrial Growth. (New York, NY: Harper, 769 p.). Harvard
Business School, University of Oregon. Humble Oil and Refining
Company.
(Standard-NJ), Bennett H. Wall and George S. Gibb (1974).
Teagle
of Jersey Standard. (New Orleans, LA: Tulane University, 386 p.).
Teagle, Walter Clark, 1878-1962; Standard Oil Company.
(Standard-NJ), Bruce Bringhurst (1979).
Antitrust and the Oil
Monopoly: The Standard Oil Cases, 1890-1911. (Westport, CT:
Greenwood Press, 296 p.). Standard Oil Company; Antitrust law--United
States; Petroleum law and legislation--United States.
(Standard-NJ), Bennett H. Wall with assistance from Gerald C.
Carpenter and Gene S. Yeager (1988).
Growth in a Changing
Environment: A History of Standard Oil Company (New Jersey), Exxon
Corporation, 1950-1975. (New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1020 p.).
Standard Oil Company--History; Exxon Corporation--History; Petroleum
industry and trade--United States--History.
(Standard-NJ), Steve Weinberg (2008).
Taking on the Trust: The Epic Battle of Ida Tarbell and John D.
Rockefeller. (New York, NY: Norton, 256 p.). Professor of
Magazine Journalism (University of Missouri Journalism School).
Tarbell, Ida M. (Ida Minerva), 1857-1944; Rockefeller, John D. (John
Davison), 1839-1937. Progressive Era
confrontation which forever altered landscape of modern American
industry; revelations by Ida Minerva Tarbell, muckraking reporter at
McClure's magazine, about Standard Oil, Rockefeller led to landmark 1911 Supreme Court antitrust
decision breaking up the monopolies.
SEE ALSO:
Capitalists
(Standard-Vacuum Oil Company), Irvine H. Anderson, Jr. (1975).
The Standard-Vacuum Oil Company and United States East Asian Policy,
1933-1941. (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 260
p.). Standard-Vacuum Oil Company; Corporations, Foreign -- Indonesia;
United States -- Foreign relations.
(Sun), Compiled by Mary Sennholz (1975).
Faith and Freedom: The
Journal of a Great American, J. Howard Pew. (Grove City, PA: Grove
City College, 179 p.). Pew, J. Howard (John Howard), 1882-1971;
Businesspeople--United States--Biography; Free enterprise; Petroleum
industry and trade--United States.
(Sun), August W. Giebelhaus (1980).
Business and Government in
the Oil Industry: A Case Study of Sun Oil, 1876-1945. (Greenwich,
CT: JAI Press, 332 p.). Sun Oil Company--History; Petroleum industry
and trade--United States--History; Industrial policy--United
States--History.
(Sun), Arthur M. Johnson (1983).
The Challenge of Change: The
Sun Oil Company, 1945-1977. (Columbus, OH: Ohio State University
Press, 481 p.). Sun Oil Company--History.
(Syncrude Canada Ltd.), Larry Pratt (1976).
The Tar Sands: Syncrude and the Politics of Oil. (Edmonton,
AB: Hurtig, 197 p.). Syncrude Canada Ltd.
(Texaco), Marquis James (1953).
The Texaco Story; the First
Fifty Years, 1902-1952, Written for the Texas Company. (New York?:
The Company, 118 p.). Texaco, inc.
(Texaco), James Shannon (1988).
Texaco and the $10 Billion Jury.
(Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 545 p.). Pennzoil
Company--Trials, litigation, etc.; Texaco, inc.--Trials, litigation,
etc.; Getty Oil Company; Petroleum industry and trade--Mergers--United
States; Consolidation and merger of corporations--Law and
legislation--United States.
(Texaco), Thomas Petzinger, Jr. (1999).
Oil & Honor: The
Texaco-Pennzoil Wars: Inside the $11 Billion Battle for Getty Oil
(Washington, DC: Beard Books, 495 p. [orig. pub. 1987]). Reporter
(Wall Street Journal). Texaco, inc.; Getty Oil Company; Petroleum
industry and trade--Mergers--United States; Consolidation and merger
of corporations--United States.
(Texas International), Harlan D. Platt (1994).
The First Junk
Bond: A Story of Corporate Boom and Bust. (Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe,
236 p.). Milken, Michael; Drexel Burnham Lambert Incorporated;
Securities industry -- Corrupt practices -- United States; Junk bonds --
United States.
(Trans-Alaska Pipeline), James P. Roscow (1977).
800 Miles to
Valdez: The Building of the Alaska Pipeline. (Englewood Cliffs, NJ:
Prentice-Hall, 227 p.). Trans-Alaska Pipeline (Alaska)--History.
(Trans-Alaska Pipeline), Robert Douglas Mead (1978).
Journeys Down
the Line: Building the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. (Garden City, NY:
Doubleday, 609 p.). Trans-Alaska Pipeline (Alaska).
(Trans-Alaska Pipeline), Potter Wickware (1979).
Crazy Money: Nine
Months on the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. (New York, NY: Random House,
228 p.). Trans-Alaska Pipeline (Alaska).
(Trans-Canada Pipe Lines), William Kilbourn (1970).
Pipeline;
Transcanada and the Great Debate, A History of Business and Politics.
(Toronto, ON: Clarke, Irwin, 222 p.). Trans-Canada Pipe Lines, ltd.
(Trans Mountain Pipe Line Company), Neill C. Wilson and Frank J.
Taylor (1954).
The Building of Trans Mountain, Canada's First Oil
Pipeline across the Rockies. (Vancouver, BC: Trans Mountain Oil Pipe
Line Co., 107 p.). Trans Mountain Pipe Line Company.
(Ultramar), Paul Atterbury and Julia MacKenzie (1985).
A Golden Adventure: The First 50 Years of Ultramar. (London, UK:
Hurtwood Press,, 287 p.). Ultramar (Firm); Petroleum industry and
trade--Great Britain; International business enterprises--Great Britain.
(Union Oil), Frank J. Taylor and Earl M. Welty (1950).
Black
Bonanza; How an Oil Hunt Grew into the Union Oil Company of
California. (New York, NY: Whittlesey House, 280 p.). Union Oil
Company of California.
(Union Oil), W.H. Hutchinson (1965).
Oil, Land, and Politics;
The
California Career of Thomas Robert Bard (Norman, OK: University of
Oklahoma Press, 2 vols.). Bard, Thomas Robert, 1841-1915; Union Oil
Company of California.
(Union Oil), Earl M. Welty and Frank J. Taylor (1976).
Sign of
the 76: The Fabulous Life and Times of the Union Oil Company of
California. (Los Angeles, CA: The Company, 424 p.). Union Oil
Company of California.
(Westcoast Transmission Ltd.), Earle Gray (1982). Wildcatters:
The Story of Pacific Petroleums and Westcoast Transmission.
(Toronto, On: McClelland and Stewart, 306 p.). McMahon, Frank, 1902- ;
Pacific Petroleums Ltd.--History; Westcoast Transmission
Ltd.--History.
(Westcoast Transmission Ltd.), Ed Phillips; foreword by Richard J.
Doyle (1990).
Guts & Guile: True Tales from the Backrooms of the
Pipeline Industry. (Vancouver, BC: Douglas & McIntyre, 222 p.).
Westcoast Transmission Ltd.--History; Petroleum industry and
trade--Canada, Western--History; Petroleum pipelines--Canada--History;
Gas industry--Canada, Western--History; Natural gas pipelines--Canada,
Western--History.
Morris A. Adelman (1995).
The Genie Out of the Bottle: World Oil
Since 1970. (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 350 p.). Petroleum
products--Prices--History; Petroleum industry and trade--History.
Max Ball, Douglas Ball [and] Daniel S. Turner (1965).
This
Fascinating Oil Business. (Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill, 464 p.
[rev. ed., orig. pub. 1940]). Petroleum industry and trade.
Brian Black (2000).
Petrolia: The Landscape of America's First
Oil Boom (Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 235 p.).
Petroleum--Pennsylvania--Oil Creek Valley (Crawford County and Venango
County, Pa.)--History; Petroleum industry and trade--Pennsylvania--Oil
Creek Valley (Crawford County and Venango County, Pa.)--History; Oil
Creek Valley (Crawford County and Venango County, Pa.)--Environmental
conditions--History.
Edwin Black (2006).
Internal Combustion: How Corporations and Governments Addicted the World
to Oil and Derailed the Alternatives. (New York, NY: St.
Martin’s Press, 432 p.). New York Times. Internal combustion
engines--History; Petroleum as fuel; Automobiles--History; Power
resources; Fossil fuels--Environmental aspects.
Corruption, manipulation
that subjected U.S. and world to an oil addiction that could
have been avoided, was never necessary, could be ended today.
John M. Blair (1976).
The Control of Oil. (New York, NY:
Pantheon Books, 441 p.). Petroleum industry and trade; Petroleum
industry and trade--United States; Energy policy--United States.
George W. Brown (1910).
Old Times in Oildom, Being a Series of Chapters in Which Are Related the
Writer’s Many Personal Experiences, During Fifty Years of Life in the
Oil Regions. (Youngsville, PA: The Author, 172 p.). Brown,
George Washington, 1828- ; Petroleum industry and trade--Pennsylvania.
Paul Chastko (2004).
Developing Alberta's Oil Sands: From Karl Clark to Kyoto.
(Calgary, AB: University of Calgary Press, 320 p.). Oil
sands--Alberta--History; Oil sands industry--Alberta--History; Sables
bitumineux--Alberta--Histoire; Sables bitumineux--Industrie--Alberta--Histoire;
Athabasca Tar Sands (Alta.)--History; Sables bitumineux de l'Athabasca
(Alb.)--Histoire.
Allen Chesterfield (1980).
The Alaskan Kangaroo. (Seattle, WA: Adelaide Press, 318 p.).
Trans-Alaska Pipeline (Alaska).
William R. Childs (2005).
The Texas Railroad Commission: Understanding Regulation in America to
the Mid-Twentieth Century. (College Station, TX: Texas A&M
University Press, 323 p.). Associate Professor of Law (Western New
England College School of Law). Railroad Commission of Texas--History;
Independent regulatory commissions--Texas--History; Petroleum industry
and trade--Government policy--Texas--History; Gas companies--Government
policy--Texas--History; Business and politics--Texas--History.
Credited with controlling excess
production in East Texas during 1930s; often called most
important institution in setting national, even global oil prices
during four decades spanning mid-century.
James A. Clark & Michel T. Halbouty (1972).
The Last Boom.
(New York, NY: Random House, 305 p.). Petroleum--Texas--History.
--- (2000).
Spindletop. (Houston, TX: Gulf Pub., 306 p.[Centennial ed.]).
Petroleum industry and trade--Texas--History.
James A. Clark with C. A. Warner and H. E. Walton (1963). The
Chronological History of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Industries.
(Houston, TX: Clark Book Co., 317 p.). Petroleum industry and
trade--History; Gas manufacture and works--History; Natural
gas--History.
T.K. Clark (1983).
Regional History of Petrolia and the Mattole Valley. (Eureka,
CA: Miller Press, 191 p.). Clark, T. K.; Petrolia Region (Calif.)
--History; Petrolia Region (Calif.) --Biography.
Duncan Clarke (2007).
The Battle for Barrels: Peak Oil Myths & World Oil Futures.
(London, UK: Profile Books Ltd, 224 p.). Chairman and CEO of Global
Pacific & Partners. Petroleum industry and trade;; Energy policy;
National security. Why global angst over
end of oil is misplaced - rising crude oil prices, new/future technologies, potential improved exploration acreage, access
to restricted world oil zones, changes in government policies, new
corporate strategies, development in unconventional oils, more.
Alan Cockrell (2005).
Drilling Ahead: The Quest for Oil in the Deep South, 1945-2005.
(Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 301 p.). Pilot for United
Airlines, Certified Petroleum Geologist in the Gulf Coast Oil Industry
for Twelve Years. Petroleum industry and trade--Mississippi; Petroleum
industry and trade--Alabama; Petroleum industry and trade--Florida.
History of the petroleum industry in the region
from that time to the present.
Gerald Colby and Charlotte Dennett (1995).
Thy Will Be Done: The
Conquest of the Amazon: Nelson Rockefeller and Evangelism in the Age of
Oil (New York, NY: HarperCollins, 960 p.). Rockefeller, Nelson A.
(Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979; Townsend, William Cameron, 1896-; Wycliffe
Bible Translators; Petroleum industry and trade--Amazon River
Region--History--20th century; Indians of South
America--Missions--Amazon River Region; South America--Politics and
government--20th century; Amazon River Region--History.
David Crane (1982).
Controlling Interest: The Canadian Gas and Oil
Stakes. (Toronto, ON: McClelland and Stewart, 336 p.). Petroleum
industry and trade--Canada--Foreign ownership; Gas
industry--Canada--Foreign ownership; Petroleum industry and
trade--Government policy--Canada; Gas industry--Government
policy--Canada.
Kenneth S. Deffeyes (2005).
Beyond Oil: The View from Hubbert's Peak. (New York, NY: Hill
and Wang, 224 p.). Petroleum industry and trade--United States; Energy
policy--United States; National security--United States.
Chester McArthur Destler (1967). Roger Sherman and the Independent
Oil Men. (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 305 p). Sherman,
Roger, 1839-1897; Standard Oil Company; Petroleum industry and
trade--United States.
Jack Donahue (1979).
Wildcatter: The Story of Michael T. Halbouty
and the Search for Oil. (Houston, TX: Gulf Pub.,, 260 p.). Halbouty,
Michel Thomas, 1909- ; Oil well drilling--United States--Biography;
Prospecting--United States--Biography.
--- (1990).
War Without End: The Story of Michel T. Halbouty's
Struggle for American Energy Security. (Houston, TX: Gulf Pub., 218
p.). Halbouty, Michel Thomas, 1909- ; Petroleum industry and
trade--Government policy--United States; Petroleum reserves--Government
policy--United States; Energy policy--United States.
Peter Foster (1979).
The Blue-Eyed Sheiks: The Canadian Oil
Establishment. (Don Mills, ON: Collins, 320 p.). Petroleum industry
and trade--Canada.
Alison Fleig Frank (2005).
Oil Empire : Visions of Prosperity in Austrian Galicia.
(Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 343 p.). Assistant Professor
of History (Harvard University). Petroleum industry and trade--Galicia
(Poland and Ukraine)--History; Galicia (Poland and Ukraine)--Economic
conditions; Galicia (Poland and Ukraine)--Social conditions.
Rise and
fall of oil industry in Austrian (later Polish, now
Ukrainian) region of east Galicia - third
largest oil producer in world from around 1890 to 1910.
Kenny A. Franks and Paul F. Lambert (1985).
Early California Oil: A Photographic History, 1865-1940.
(College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 243 p.). Petroleum
industry and trade --California --History.
John Ghazvinian (2007).
Untapped: The Scramble for Africa’s Oil. (Orlando, FL: Harcourt,
320 p.). Visiting fellow at the University of Pennsylvania. Petroleum
industry and trade--Africa; Petroleum--Africa.
Travels through a dozen
countries in a quest to understand the politics, hopes, corruption
misery behind the continent's oil boom.
Paul H. Giddens with an introduction by Ida M. Tarbell (1938).
The
Birth of the Oil Industry (New York, NY: Macmillan, 216 p.).
Petroleum industry and trade--United States.
Paul H. Giddens (1941).
The Beginnings of the Petroleum Industry,
Sources and Bibliography. (Harrisburg, PA: Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, Dept. of Public Instruction, Pennsylvania Historical
Commission, 195 p.). Petroleum industry and trade--Pennsylvania;
Petroleum--History; Petroleum industry and trade--Bibliography.
"Bibliography on the beginnings of the petroleum industry to 1871".
--- (1948).
Early Days of Oil, A Pictorial History of the
Beginnings of the Industry in Pennsylvania. (Princeton , NJ:
Princeton University Press, 149 p.). Petroleum industry and
trade--Pennsylvania; Petroleum industry and trade--History.
David Goodstein (2004).
Out of Gas: The End of the Age of Oil. (New York, NY: Norton,
140 p.). Petroleum reserves; Petroleum industry and trade; Petroleum
reserves--Forecasting; Petroleum industry and trade--Forecasting.
Earle Gray (1970).
The Great Canadian Oil Patch. (Toronto, ON:
Maclean-Hunter, 355 p.). Petroleum industry and trade--Canada.
Jonathan D. Greenberg (1990).
Staking a Claim: Jake Simmons and
the Making of an African-American Oil Dynasty. (New York, NY:
Atheneum, 311 p.). Simmons, Jake, 1901-1981; African American
businesspeople--Biography; Petroleum industry and trade--United
States--History; Petroleum industry and trade--Africa, West--History;
Civil rights movements--United States--History.
Ed. Adrian Hamilton (1986).
Oil: The Price of Power. (London, UK: M. Joseph/Rainbird in
association with Channel Four Television Co., 191 p.). Petroleum
industry and trade--History.
Charles W. Hamilton (1966).
Early Day Oil Tales of Mexico.
(Houston, TX: Gulf Pub. Co., 246 p.). Petroleum industry and
trade--Mexico; Mexico--Social life and customs;
Mexico--History--1910-1946.
Christopher Harvie (1994).
Fool’s Gold: The Story of North Sea Oil. (New York, NY: Penguin
Books, 393 p.). Petroleum industry and trade--Government policy--Great
Britain; Offshore oil industry--North Sea.
Richard Heinberg (2003).
The Party's Over: Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies.
(Gabriola, BC: New Society Publishers, 275 p.). Petroleum industry and
trade--Political aspects; Petroleum reserves--Political aspects;
Renewable energy sources.
Sally Helgesen (1981).
Wildcatters; A Story of Texans, Oil, and Money. (Garden City,
NY: Doubleday, 198 p.). Petroleum industry and trade--Texas;
Businesspeople--Texas--Biography; Oil fields--Texas.
William G. Hutson (1990).
My Friends Call Me C.C. (Santa Fe,
NM: Sunstone Press, 126 p.). Julian, Courtney Chauncey;
Industrialists--United States--Biography; Petroleum industry and
trade--United States--History; Petroleum industry and
trade--Canada--History.
Steve Isser (1996).
The Economics and Politics of the United States Oil Industry,
1920-1990: Profits, Populism, and Petroleum. (New York, NY:
Garland Pub., 472 p.). Petroleum industry and trade--Government
policy--United States--History--20th century.
Arthur Menzies Johnson (1982).
The Development of American
Petroleum Pipelines: A Study in Private Enterprise and Public Policy,
1862-1906. (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 307 p. [orig. pub.
1956]). Petroleum pipelines--United States; Petroleum industry and
trade--United States; Petroleum pipeline industry--United States.
Terry Lynn Karl (1997).
The Paradox of Plenty: Oil Booms and
Petro-States. (Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 342
p.). Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries; Petroleum industry
and trade--Venezuela; Economic development; Democracy;
Venezuela--Economic conditions--1958-; Venezuela--Foreign economic
relations.
Aileen Keating (2005).
Mirage: Power, Politics, and the Hidden History of Arabian Oil.
(Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 560 p.). Arab Gulf Reporter (Time,
Fortune, and Life). Holmes, Frank, 1874-1947; Petroleum industry and
trade--Middle East--History; Petroleum industry and trade--Government
policy--Middle East; Petroleum--Prospecting--Middle East--History.
History of the discovery, development, and exploitation of Middle East
oil. Why the fabulously rich oilfields of
Bahrain, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia remained untapped for years after
they were discovered by a New Zealander named Frank Holmes.
Ed. William J. Kennedy (1979).
Secret History of the Oil
Companies in the Middle East. (Salisbury, NC: Documentary
Publications, 2 vols.). Arabian American Oil
Company--History--Sources; Petroleum industry and trade--Saudi
Arabia--History--Sources.
Michael T. Klare (2004).
Blood and Oil: The Dangers and Consequences of America's Growing
Petroleum Dependency. (New York, NY: Holt, 265 p.). Petroleum
industry and trade--United States; Energy policy--United States;
National security--United States.
Ruth Sheldon Knowles (1978).
The Greatest Gamblers: The Epic of
American Oil Exploration. (Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma
Press, 376 p.). Petroleum industry and trade--United States--History.
--- (1983).
The First Pictorial History of the American Oil and
Gas Industry, 1859-1983. (Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 171
p.). Petroleum industry and trade--United States--History; Gas
industry--United States--History.
Mazen Labban (2008).
Space, Oil, and Capital. (New York, NY: Routledge, 179 p.).
Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Regional Studies
(University of Miami). Petroleum industry and trade --Economic
aspects; International economic relations; Geopolitics; Petroleum
industry and trade --Russia --Case studies; Petroleum industry and
trade --Iran --Case studies.
Relationship between
production of oil, inter-capitalist competition in global economy;
necessary to appreciate process of social production of space in
determining access to, control of global oil production and world
markets.
Steve LeVine (2007).
The Oil and the Glory: The Pursuit of Empire and Fortune on the
Caspian Sea. (New York: Random House, 496 p.). Former Wall
Street Journal Correspondent. Petroleum industry and trade--Caspian
Sea Region--History; Geopolitics--Caspian Sea Region--History; Caspian
Sea Region--Politics and government--History.
Caspian Sea - share of thirty billion barrels of proven oil reserves
at stake (Kazakh and Azeri oilfields); contest to build, operate
energy pipelines out of landlocked region, key to controlling Caspian
and its oil.
Valerie Marcel; John V. Mitchell, contributor (2006).
Oil Titans: National Oil Companies in the Middle East.
(Baltimore, MD: Brookings Institution Press, 256 p.). Principal
Researcher at Chatham House (Royal Institute for International
Affairs); Associate Research Fellow at Chatham House and Research
Adviser at the Oxford Institute of Energy Studies. Socie´te´ nationale
pour la recherche, la production, le transport, la transformation et
la commercialisation des hydrocarbures (Algeria); Petroleum industry
and trade--Government ownership--Middle East--Case studies; Petroleum
industry and trade--Government ownership--Algeria; Government business
enterprises--Middle East--Case studies.
Saudi Aramco, Kuwait
Petroleum Corp., National Iranian Oil Co., Sonatrach of Algeria, Abu
Dhabi National Oil Co. - produce quarter of world's
oil, hold half of world's known oil and gas reserves.
Issac F. Marcosson (1924).
The Black Golconda; The Romance of
Petroleum. (New York, NY: Harper & Brothers, 369 p.).
Petroleum industry and trade.
Lisa Margonelli (2007).
Oil on the Brain: Adventures from the Pump to the Pipeline.
(New York, NY: Nan A. Talese/ Doubleday, 336 p.). Irvine Fellow at the
New America Foundation. Petroleum industry and trade.
Where gasoline comes from. One-hundred
thousand mile journey up oil delivery chain - from local gas
station to oil fields half a world away; complicated, often tenuous
process.
J. Howard Marshall II; edited with an introduction by Robert L.
Bradley, Jr. (1994).
Done in Oil: An Autobiography (College
Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 282 p.). Marshall, J. Howard
(James Howard), 1905- ; Businessmen -- United States -- Biography;
Petroleum industry and trade -- United States -- History -- 20th
century.
John Masters with Paul Grescoe (2004).
Secret Riches: Adventures of an Unreformed Oilman. (Calgary, AB:
Gondolier, 270 p.). Masters, John; Oil production; Entrepreneurship.
Leonardo Maugeri (2006).
The Age of Oil: The Mythology, History, and Future of the World’s Most
Controversial Resource. (Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 360
p.). Group Senior Vice President, Strategies and Development, for the
Italian energy company Eni. Petroleum--History--19th century;
Petroleum--History--20th century; Petroleum--History--21st century;
Petroleum industry and trade--History--19th century; Petroleum industry
and trade--History--20th century; Petroleum industry and
trade--History--21st century; Petroleum reserves.
Colorful history of oil, explains fundamentals of oil production.
Jerry Mcbeath, Matthew Berman, Jonathan Rosenberg, Mary F. Ehrlander
(2008).
The Political Economy of Oil in Alaska: Multinationals vs. the State.
(Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 278 p.). Petroleum industry and
trade--Alaska; Petroleum industry and trade--Political aspects--Alaska;
International business enterprises--Alaska.
James McGovern (1981).
The Oil Game: An Insiders Look at America's Richest Industry.
(New York, NY: Viking, 239 p.). Petroleum industry and trade--United
States.
Ray Miles (1996).
King of the Wildcatters: The Life and Times of
Tom Slick, 1883-1930 (College Station, TX: Texas A&M University, 166
p.). Slick, Tom, 1883-1930; Petroleum industry and trade--United
States--History; Petroleum engineers--United States--Biography;
Petroleum conservation--United States--History; Series: Kenneth E.
Montague series in oil and business history.
Max Miller (1955).
Speak to the Earth. (New York, NY:
Appleton-Century-Crofts, 310 p.). Petroleum industry and trade--United
States.
Samuel D. Myres (1977).
The Permian Basin: Petroleum Empire of the
Southwest: Era of Advancement, from the Depression to the Present.
(El Paso, TX: Permian Press, 624 p.). Petroleum industry and
trade--Texas--History; Petroleum industry and trade--New
Mexico--History.
Harvey O'Connor (1955).
The Empire of Oil. (New York, NY:
Monthly Review Press, 372 p.). Petroleum industry and trade--United
States.
--- (1962).
World Crisis in Oil. (New York, NY: Monthly Review
Press, 433 p.). Petroleum industry and trade.
Richard O'Connor (1971).
The Oil Barons; Men of Greed and Grandeur.
(Boston, MA: Little, Brown, 502 p.). Petroleum industry and
trade--United States--History; Petroleum industry and trade--History.
Roger M. Olien and Diana Davids Olien (1982).
Oil Booms: Social
Change in Five Texas Towns. (Lincoln, NB: University of Nebraska
Press, 220 p.). Company towns--Social aspects--Texas--Case studies;
Social change--Case studies; Petroleum industry and trade--Social
aspects--Texas--Case studies.
--- (1984).
Wildcatters: Texas Independent Oilmen. (Austin,
TX: Texas Monthly Press, 234 p.). Petroleum industry and
trade--Texas--History.
--- (1986).
Life in the Oil Fields. (Austin, TX: Texas Monthly
Press, 263 p.). Petroleum industry and trade--Texas--History--20th
century; Petroleum workers--Texas--Interviews; Texas--Social life and
customs.
--- (1990).
Easy Money: Oil Promoters and Investors in the Jazz
Age. (Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 216 p.).
Petroleum industry and trade--Finance--Corrupt practices--United
States--History--20th century; Speculation--United States--History--20th
century; Fraud--United States--History--20th century; United
States--Economic conditions--1918-1945.
--- (2000).
Oil and Ideology: The Cultural Creation of the
American Petroleum Industry. (Chapel Hill, NC: University of North
Carolina Press, 305 p.). Rockefeller, John D. (John Davison), 1839-1937
--Public opinion; Standard Oil Company--Public opinion; Standard Oil
Company--Public opinion; Petroleum industry and trade--Moral and ethical
aspects--United States--Historiography; Petroleum industry and
trade--Government policy--United States--Historiography; Petroleum
industry and trade--Moral and ethical aspects--United States--Public
opinion; Public interest--United States--Public opinion; Public
opinion--United States.
--- (2002).
Oil in Texas: The Gusher Age, 1895-1945. (Austin,
TX: University of Texas Press, 307 p.). Petroleum industry and
trade--Texas--History; Petroleum engineering--Texas--History; Oil
wells--Texas--History.
Joseph A. Pratt (1980).
The Growth of a Refining Region.
(Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 297 p.). Petroleum industry and trade--Gulf
Coast (U.S.); Petroleum--Refining--Gulf Coast (U.S.).
James Presley (1978).
A Saga of Wealth: The Rise of the Texas
Oilmen. (New York, NY: Putnam, 464 p.). Petroleum industry and
trade--Texas--History; Wealth--Texas--History; Texas--Economic
conditions.
Stephen G. Rabe (1982).
The Road to OPEC: United States Relations with Venezuela, 1919-1976.
(Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 262 p.). Professor of History
(University of Texas at Dallas). Petroleum industry and
trade--Venezuela--History; Petroleum industry and trade--United
States--History; United States--Foreign economic relations--Venezuela;
Venezuela--Foreign economic relations--United States.
William Rintoul (1976).
Spudding In: Recollections of Pioneer Days in the California Oil Fields.
(San Francisco, CA: California Historical Society, 240 p.). Petroleum
industry and trade --California --History.
Carl Coke Rister (1949).
Oil! Titan of the Southwest. (Norman,
OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 467 p.). Petroleum--Texas.
Victor Ross (1920). The Evolution of the Oil Industry. (New
York, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 178 p.). Petroleum industry and
trade.
Tim Russell (2007).
Fill ’Er Up!: The Great American Gas Station. (St. Paul, MN:
Voyageyur Press, 208 p.). One of World's Foremost Collectors, Historians
of Petroliana (gas station antiques). Service stations--United States--History.
Illustrated history of service stations; culture,
lore of gas-pumping garage, small-town glory of
compact architecture, inspired promotions, art deco pumps, endless
views of American horizon.
Paul Sabin (2005).
Crude Politics: The California Oil Market,
1900-1940. (Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 307 p.).
Teaches U.S. History (Yale University) and Serves as Executive Director
of the Nonprofit Environmental Leadership Program. Petroleum industry
and trade--Political aspects--California--History--20th century;
Petroleum industry and trade--Government
policy--California--History--20th century; Energy policy--United
States--History--20th century. Struggles in
legislature, courts over property rights, regulatory law, public
investment during pre-World War II California determined shape of
state's petroleum landscape.
Anthony Sampson (1984).
The Seven Sisters : The Great Oil
Companies and the World They Shaped (New York, NY: Bantam Books, 403
p. [3rd. ed.]). Petroleum Industry and Trade-History
Otto J. Scott (1976).
The Professional: A Biography of J. B.
Saunders (New York, NY: Atheneum, 497 p.). Saunders, Joseph
Benjamin, 1901-; Petroleum industry and trade--United States--History.
Sonia Shah (2004).
Crude: The Story of Oil. (New York, NY: Seven Stories Press, 232
p.). Petroleum.
eds. Jeffrey Share & Joseph A. Pratt (1995).
The Oil Makers.
(Houston, TX: Rice University Press, 417 p.). Petroleum industry and
trade--United States--Forecasting; Gas industry--United
States--Forecasting; Petroleum industry and trade--United
States--Employees--Interviews; Gas industry--United
States--Employees--Interviews.
Nicholas Shaxson (2007).
Poisoned Wells: The Dirty Politics of African Oil. (New York,
NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 288 p.). Associate Fellow with the Royal
Institute of International Affairs. Petroleum industry and
trade--Political aspects--Africa; Petroleum industry and trade--Moral
and ethical aspects--Africa. Root causes of paradox of poverty from plenty;
mechanisms by which oil causes grave instabilities, corruption around
the globe.
Robert Sherrill (1983).
The Oil Follies of 1970-1980: How the
Petroleum Industry Stole the Show (and much more besides). (Garden
City, NY: Doubleday, 590 p.). Petroleum industry and trade--United
States; Petroleum industry and trade--Government policy--United States.
eds. Siamack Shojai and Bernard S. Katz (1992).
The Oil Market in
the 1980's: A Decade of Decline. (New York, NY: Praeger, 260 p.).
Petroleum industry and trade.
Vaclav Smil (1994).
Energy in World History. (Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 300 p.).
Distinguished Professor (University of Manitoba). Power
resources--History.
Paul N. Spellman (2001).
Spindletop Boom Days (College
Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 266 p.). Petroleum industry and
trade--Texas--Beaumont; Gushers--Texas--Beaumont; Beaumont
(Tex.)--History.
John Strohmeyer (1993).
Extreme Conditions: Big Oil and the
Transformation of Alaska. (New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 287 p.).
Petroleum industry and trade--Alaska; Petroleum industry and
trade--Environmental aspects--Alaska.
Peter Tertzakian (2006).
A Thousand Barrels a Second: The Coming Oil Break Point and the
Challenges Facing an Energy Dependent World. (New York, NY:
McGraw-Hill, 240 p.). Chief Energy Economist of ARC Financial
Corporation. Power resources; Petroleum industry and trade; Energy
consumption--Forecasting. How the world's consumption of oil is poised to forever change world economies and
businesses .
Robert W. Tolf (1976).
The Russian Rockefellers: The Saga of the
Nobel Family and the Russian Oil Industry. (Stanford, CA: Hoover
Institution Press, 269 p.). Noble family; Petroleum industry and
trade--Soviet Union--History. Series: Hoover Institution publication.
Christopher Tugendhat and Adrian Hamilton (1975).
Oil: The Biggest
Business (London, UK: Eyre Methuen, 404 p.). Petroleum industry and
trade; Petroleum industry and trade--United States.
Ray Vicker (1974).
The
Kingdom of Oil; The Middle East: Its People
and Its Power. (New York, NY: Scribner, 264 p.). Petroleum industry
and trade--Middle East; Middle East--Social conditions.
Daniel I. Vieyra; with a foreword by James Marston Fitch (1979).
"Fill ’Er Up": An Architectural History of America’s Gas Stations.
(New York, NY: Macmillan, 111 p.). Service stations--United States;
Architecture, Commercial--United States--History.
Chris Welles (1970).
The Elusive Bonanza; The Story of Oil
Shale--America's Richest and Most Neglected Natural Resource. (New
York, NY: Dutton, 256 p.). Oil-shale industry--United States; Petroleum
industry and trade--United States.
Gerald T. White (1968).
Scientists in Conflict; the Beginnings
of the Oil Industry in California. (San Marino, CA: Huntington
Library, 272 p.). Petroleum industry and trade--California.
Harold F. Williamson, Ralph L. Andreano, Arnold R. Daum [and]
Gilbert C. Klose (1963).
The American Petroleum Industry; the Age
of Energy, 1899-1959. (Evanston, IL: Northwestern University
Press, 928 p. [orig. pub. 1959]). Petroleum industry and trade --
United States.
Harold F. Williamson and Arnold R. Daum, with research associates
Ralph L. Andreano, Gilbert C. Klose, and Paul A. Weinstein (1981).
The American Petroleum Industry: The Age of Illumination 1859-1899,
Vol 2. (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 864 p. [Reprint of 1959
ed.]). Petroleum industry and trade--United States.
Matthew Yeomans (2004).
Oil: Anatomy of an Industry. (New
York, NY: Free Press, 192 p.). Petroleum industry and trade.
Daniel Yergin (1991).
The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money,
and Power. (New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 877 p.). Chairman,
Cambridge Energy Research Associates. Petroleum industry and
trade--Political aspects--History--20th century; Petroleum industry and
trade--Military aspects--History--20th century; World War,
1914-1918--Causes; World War, 1939-1945--Causes; World politics--20th
century. Winner of 1992 Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction.
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Business History Links
The Alaska Pipeline
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/pipeline/
Companion to an April 2006 Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) American
Experience documentary about the impact on the "culture and society in
Alaska as well as the environment" of the pipeline that carries gas from
Prudhoe Bay in the Arctic Circle to Valdez on Alaska's south coast.
Features a timeline, map, details about significant events, and an
interactive pipeline safety activity. Also includes a transcript, a
bibliography, teacher's guide, and links to related sites.
Alyeska Pipeline
http://www.alyeska-pipe.com
The Alyeska Pipeline Service Company is the operator of "the
800-mile-long Trans Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS)... one of the largest
pipeline systems in the world. It stretches from Prudhoe Bay on Alaska’s
North Slope, ... to Valdez." Features facts about this gas pipeline,
material about safety and environmental concerns (such as oil spill
prevention and response), pipeline reconfiguration, and reports and news
(such as about BP's 2006 closure of its Prudhoe Bay oilfield).
Business & Economics Research Advisor (BERA): The Oil & Gas
Industry
http://www.loc.gov/rr/business/BERA/issue5/issue5_main.html Guide to researching topics related to the oil and gas industry,
covering history, cartels and organizations, production, refining,
transportation and storage, marketing and distribution, trends, and
alternative energy sources. Includes resources for company research,
statistical sources, and news and analysis. From the Library of Congress
Business Reference Services.
Drake Well Museum (Birthplace of Oil) http://www.drakewell.org/ Museum tells the story of the beginning of the modern oil industry with
orientation videos, exhibits, operating oil field machinery, and
historic buildings in a park setting. Visitors enjoy a variety of
special events, educational programs, membership, volunteer, and
shopping experiences on site.
Energyville
http://www.willyoujoinus.com/ Online game to illustrate complexities of energy supply - decide how to
supply power to a city of about 4 million people. Choices have economic,
environmental costs; better the balance of sources, better the score.
Gasoline Price History
http://www.randomuseless.info/gasprice/gasprice.html Chart shows "how much I paid for each gallon of gas I bought over the
past 26 years or so" (data from 1007 fill-ups); about everything
pre-1984 was full service and everything since has been self-serve;
every tank shown was "super" unleaded (92-93 octane).
Barbara Morgan Harvey Center for the Study of
Oil Heritage
http://www.clarion.edu/library/harveycenter/
Center offers scholars, students, and the community a place for
discussion, study, and documentation of Pennsylvania’s oil region.
Located in section of the Charles L. Suhr Library at Clarion
University-Venango Campus in Oil City, PA.
Healdton Oil Museum
http://www.okhistory.org/outreach/affiliates/healdtonoil.html
Story of oil development in Carter County, OK and life in the bustling
oil boomtowns. 1913 - Healdton oil field opened; August 1913 - first
successful well completed at depth in oil bearing sands of only 920
feet; June 1914 - estimated 120 oil companies were actively searching
for oil around Healdton; shallow depth reduced amount of capital
necessary to drill, gave Healdton area reputation for being a "poor
man's" field; 1920s-1930s - resources begn to be depleted.
Oil & Gas Historical Society
http://www.aoghs.org/ June 2003 - Bruce Wells, award-winning oilfield photographer,
established Society; dedicated to preserving the history of U.S. oil and
natural gas exploration and production by providing advocacy and service
for organizations that work to preserve that history through exhibition,
material preservation – and especially educational programming.
Oil 150
http://www.oil150.com/
Official website of the 150th anniversary celebration of the oil
industry (2009). The Celebration will: 1) recognize the important
discoveries and innovations that span across America and around the
globe; 2) acknowledge achievements in all functions of the industry
including exploration & production, refining, transportation & storage,
marketing, and business organization; 3) incorporate the very
close parallel development of the natural gas industry. This Celebration
is about a century and a half of oil and natural gas industry
development.
Oil Safari
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/specials/broadband/chi-oilsafari-
html,0,7894741.htmlstory?coll=chi-homepagepromo440fea Pulitzer Prize winner Paul Salopek traces a gallon of gasoline from its origins
all the way back to a gas station in suburban Chicago. This website
contains the full story in its print form, along with a marvelous
documentary that features Salopek talking with a variety of key persons
during his journey. Visitors can look through multimedia features for
each stop on his exploration as they see fit through an interactive map,
which includes stops in Nigeria, the Gulf Coast, Venezuela, and of
course, South Elgin, Illinois. Finally, the site also has a ticker that
counts the barrels of oil used in the US since the time the visitor
first entered the site.
PETROLEUM CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS 1970 -
2000 http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil_gas/petroleum/analysis_publications/ chronology/petroleumchronology2000
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