petroleum industry and trade

"The New Wild West is the definitive account of what's happening on the ground and what really happens to a community when the energy industry is allowed to set up in a town with little regulation or oversight - and at what cost"--OCLC.

Rufus, a young journalist, joins with his former hero, Zaq, whose journalistic heyday has passed, to find the kidnapped wife of a British oil executive and negotiate her release.

Contains twenty essays on current issues surrounding oil spills, discussing how they happen, the risk of spills, how they are handled, and industry regulations.

Reprints the briefer version of crusading journalist Ida M. Tarbell's expose of the Standard Oil Company and its owner John D. Rockefeller, serialized from 1902 to 1904 in "McClure's Magazine.".

Contains primary and secondary source documents that provide varying perspectives on the issue of U.S. dependence on foreign oil.

Contains primary and secondary source documents that provide varying perspectives on the issue of U.S. dependence on foreign oil.

"Exciting illustrations follow the events of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The combination of brightly colored panels and leveled text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--.

Not too long ago a few oil wildcatters were determined to tap massive deposits of shale, soaked with oil, that Exxon Mobil, Chevron, and other giants had dismissed as not worth taking. By experimenting with hydraulic fracturing through extremely dense surfaces, now known as fracking, the wildcatters were able to access this oil and start a revolution that will influence global financial markets, economies, military activities, and international politics far into the future.