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US and Azerbaijani Oil in the Nineteenth Century
The Two Titans
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Verlag: | Lexington Books |
Format: | EPUB |
Veröffentl.: | 25.10.2022 |
ISBN/EAN: | 9781793629531 |
Sprache: | englisch |
Anzahl Seiten: | 186 |
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<p><span>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.</span></p>
<p><span>This book examines the history of oil in the United States and Azerbaijan during the nineteenth century, when the two economies were the overwhelmingly dominant global producers.</span></p>
<p><span>Introduction</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 1: Characterizing Nineteenth-Century Oil Production</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 2: Illumination: The Nineteenth Century’s “Killer App”</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 3: Before the Nineteenth Century</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 4: The First Modern Oil Well</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 5: Nineteenth-Century Oil in the United States</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 6: Nineteenth-Century Oil in Azerbaijan</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 7: Technology and Operations</span></p>
<p><span>Conclusion</span></p>
<p><span>Appendix A: Barrels and Poods</span></p>
<p><span>Appendix B: Important Individuals</span></p>
<p><span>Appendix C: Chronology</span></p>
<p><span>Appendix D: Statistical Tables</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 1: Characterizing Nineteenth-Century Oil Production</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 2: Illumination: The Nineteenth Century’s “Killer App”</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 3: Before the Nineteenth Century</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 4: The First Modern Oil Well</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 5: Nineteenth-Century Oil in the United States</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 6: Nineteenth-Century Oil in Azerbaijan</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 7: Technology and Operations</span></p>
<p><span>Conclusion</span></p>
<p><span>Appendix A: Barrels and Poods</span></p>
<p><span>Appendix B: Important Individuals</span></p>
<p><span>Appendix C: Chronology</span></p>
<p><span>Appendix D: Statistical Tables</span></p>
<p><span>Marius Vassiliou received his PhD in geophysics from the California Institute of Technology and is author of </span><span>The Historical Dictionary of the Petroleum Industry</span><span>.</span></p>
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<p><span>Mir-Yusif Mir-Babayev is professor at Azerbaijan Technical University.</span></p>
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<p><span>Mir-Yusif Mir-Babayev is professor at Azerbaijan Technical University.</span></p>