Bibliograph

Inside the oil industry, by Wil Mara ; Content Consultant Younas Dadmohammadi, PhD, Research Associate, Mewbourne School of Petroleum, and Geological Engineering, University of Oklahoma

Type

Label

Inside the oil industry, by Wil Mara ; Content Consultant Younas Dadmohammadi, PhD, Research Associate, Mewbourne School of Petroleum, and Geological Engineering, University of Oklahoma

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 104-109) and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Inside the oil industry

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

by Wil Mara ; Content Consultant Younas Dadmohammadi, PhD, Research Associate, Mewbourne School of Petroleum, and Geological Engineering, University of Oklahoma

Series statement

Big business

Summary

Examines the petroleum industry, discussing where it began, the increasing reliance on fossil fuels, and the rise of OPEC; describing the refinement process; and identifying products that are made with petroleum

Table Of Contents

The pursuit of innovation -- Where is all began -- Increasing demand -- Oil and warfare -- The rise of the east -- Oil shortages -- How it all works today -- Petropolitics -- Today and tomorrow

Target audience

juvenile

Creator