A History of Oil, Episode 1 - The Beginning of the Beginning
From New Orleans to the Pennsylvania Rock Oil Company, the age of oil is about to blow wide open. historyofoil.typepad.com
View ArticleA History of Oil, Episode 2 - Oil Creek
The age of oil blows wide open, as “Colonel” E.L. Drake drills the first well and the first oil glut. historyofoil.typepad.com
View ArticleA History of Oil, Episode 3 - The Finger Snappers
The race for oil is underway in Pennsylvania’s great “Oildorado.” historyofoil.typepad.com
View ArticleA History of Oil, Episode 4 - The Anaconda
The rise of Rockefeller and Standard Oil - both will inspire fear, disgust and admiration. historyofoil.typepad.com
View ArticleA History of Oil, Episode 5 - Pleasant Harmony
The first long distance pipeline tries to break Rockefeller's grip; but is Pennsylvania’s oil running out? historyofoil.typepad.com
View ArticleA History of Oil, Episode 6 - Lima Skunk
Standard Oil bites off more than it can chew as a new frontier opens in Northwestern Ohio. historyofoil.typepad.com
View ArticleA History of Oil, Episode 9 - Antitrust
Ohio strikes a blow against Standard, but some anacondas are hard to kill.
View ArticleA History of Oil, Episode 10 - Long Live the Standard
Like any good thriller, the villain never dies on the first try, allowing Ida Tarbell to pen her revenge.
View ArticleA History of Oil, Episode 11 - This is Spindletop
The Texas oil boom opens with a six ton bang at a place called Spindletop.
View ArticleA History of Oil, Episode 12 - Tale of Two Revolutions: Part I
Russia's Twilight Empire and the first of two revolutions that would reshape the geopolitical map.
View ArticleA History of Oil, Episode 13 - Tale of Two Revolutions: Part II
Turmoil in Persia and the start of British petroleum interests in the Gulf.
View ArticleA History of Oil, Episode 14 - A Sea of Troubles
Winston Churchill’s famous leap into the "sea of troubles” of Persian Oil.
View ArticleA History of Oil, Episode 15 - The First Great War
The sovereignty of oil has finally arrived. And it is going to be a very, brutal reign.
View ArticleA History of Oil, Episode 16 - Filling Up on the Red Line
Mr. Five Percent Draws a Red Line around Arabia, but will this new oil cartel last?
View ArticleA History of Oil, Episode 17 - Going Native
King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia and John Philby alter the oil balance of the planet.
View ArticleA History of Oil, Episode 18 - War And Rumors of War, Part I
War returns as Hitler's gamble in the East goes horribly wrong.
View ArticleA History of Oil, Episode 19 - War And Rumors of War, Part II
Japan's grab for oil ends badly.
View ArticleA History of Oil, Episode 20 - Swords into Plastics
This is how a Reich ends, not necessarily with a bang but a shortage.
View ArticleA History of Oil, Episode 21 - Man of the Year
Mohammed Mossadegh turns the oil world upside down
View ArticleA History of Oil, Episode 22 – The Persian Pivot
Mossadegh wins his fight for nationalization, and Iran loses its democracy.
View ArticleA History of Oil, Episode 23 – The Peacock Throne
Operation Ajax and the coup that changed Iran.
View ArticleA History of Oil, Episode 24 - Barometer of Power
Venezuela’s hot house of new ideas about oil.
View ArticleA History of Oil, Episode 25 - Gentlemen's Agreement
A "gentlemen's agreement" to change the world of oil as we knew it.
View ArticleA History of Oil, Episode 27 - The Gladiators
America's need for "gladiators" spells danger for the global economy.
View ArticleA History of Oil, Episode 28 - Breaking Rockefeller
Iran's "King of Kings" becomes the Guardian of the Gulf.
View ArticleA History of Oil, Episode 30 - Friends and Enemies
Strange things happen when oil reaches stratospheric heights.
View ArticleA History of Oil, Episode 31, Inflated Dreams
The long-awaited showdown over Iran unfolds.
View ArticleEpisode 33 - The Monster Pipe
The Alyeska consortium builds an 800-mile pipeline across Alaska.
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