Provides information about oil, where and how it is found and processed, and its many uses in everyday life. Includes a glossary and resources for further study.
Explores the petroleum industry, describing the people and policies that bring oil to the United States, and discussing distribution, drilling, the NYMEX oil market, and other related issues.
Reveals how the United States government's cynical relationship with Saudi Arabia makes the country increasingly vulnerable to economic disaster and puts it at risk for further acts of terrorism.
The reader investigates the dwindling oil supply that threatens life on Earth and can choose between alternative adventures, each leading to twenty-two possible endings.
Follows crude oil from its underground bubbles to the refinery where it is converted into fertilizer, plastic, records, paint, and medicine as well as gasoline, jet oil, and heating oil.
Examines critical debates associated with oil and energy alternatives, discussing the rising cost of oil, signs of an oil crisis, U.S. domestic policies, international relations, oil and the environment, carbon-free energy, and other related topics.
Discusses the history of, and problems specific to, the oil industry around the world, including Gulf of Mexico, Norway, Arctic Ocean, and other locations.
A collection of controversial essays that debate issues concerning the global oil crisis including the effects of foreign oil on the U.S. and international relations, and oil drilling in parts of the Arctic regions.
Looks at oil as one of Earth's natural resources, describes how it is used and processed, and discusses the effect of oil consumption on the environment, and the need to find an alternative to crude oil, a fossil fuel.
