T’soto (Caddo Lake) became the site of the second major oil discovery in the history of the world. Then it became home to the first offshore drilling rigs in the world. And because of the ...
The Metamorphosis of the Amazon sheds new light on the complex history of the Ecuadorian rainforest, revealing how oil development and its social and ecological repercussions triggered its ...
Dietrich's Oil Revolution is a triumph of research and writing. This is an indispensable book, illuminating the central role petroleum played in the transition from the global Keynesianism of the ...
Bartolomeo Vivarini's oil on wood painting of the Virgin and Child, Venetian School about 1480, hangs on the altar in the Abbey's Lady Chapel. It was presented by Lord Lee of Fareham in 1935 for the ...
This year, the United States pumped out more oil than any other country in history, producing millions more barrels than Russia or Saudi Arabia ever have and accounting for almost a fifth of the ...
“We have had the largest increase in domestic oil production in history because of an approach that recognizes that we cannot over rely on foreign oil.” Meanwhile, the Biden administration has ...