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US and Azerbaijani Oil in the Nineteenth Century
The Two Titans
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2022
Summary
The nineteenth century was an exciting and dynamic era of rapid progress in industry and technology. One of the most vigorous of the new industries was petroleum. It first transformed the way people lit their houses, displacing whale oil and other substitutes, and then revolutionized the entire field of energy and helped create the modern world. During the nineteenth century, oil was overwhelmingly dominated by the United States and the Russian Empire, together responsible for 97% of the world’s production; and over the course of the century, nearly all the Russian Empire’s oil came from the territory that is now the independent state of Azerbaijan. Many people don’t know that the world’s first industrial oil well was drilled in Azerbaijan in 1846, thirteen years before Drake’s celebrated well in Pennsylvania. This book covers oil in the United States and Azerbaijan, in all its dynamism, from its earliest beginnings to the turn of the twentieth century. It treats both business and technology, from the early wildcatters to Standard Oil and the Nobel Brothers (yes, that remarkable family created more than a famous prize!). The book echoes into the present day; for good or ill, oil still moves the world.
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Edition
1/2022
Copyright year
2022
ISBN-Print
978-1-7936-2952-4
ISBN-Online
978-1-7936-2953-1
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
174
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Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 4
1 Characterizing Nineteenth-Century Oil Production No access Pages 5 - 12
