Crude Genius

The Making of an International Oil Baron, William H. McGarvey

Gary May (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

350 Seiten

2024
Mosaic Press (Verlag)
978-1-77161-640-9 (ISBN)

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“An unknown and hitherto untold story of one of the true pioneers of the international oil industry.” William McGarvey was crowned the “Petroleum King of Austria,” dubbed “Europe’s Rockefeller,” advised the British government in the great debate over converting its naval fleet to oil fuel in preparation for World War I. His story is one that links Canada, the US, Austro-Hungary, Russia, and Romania. Today, we are witnessing a global campaign to bring to an end King Oil’s 150-year reign by shrinking the world’s reliance on fossil fuels. Yet the story of the early years of how the petroleum world evolved remains wrapped in obscurity. Crude Genius fills in an important gap in that history. The story of William McGarvey covers just five decades. Yet in that period, McGarvey became a leader in the procurement of oil, and raised it from a primitive act to a sophisticated international business. He transformed the primitive practice of oil extraction into a science and a powerful technology. He drilled and refined oil, he manufactured equipment, and built pipelines.

Gary May is a journalist with twenty-five years experience writing, editing, and managing in daily newpapers including the London Free Press and the Hamilton Spectator . Currently he lives in Ottawa where he is an editor for The Citizen . Hard Oiler! is his first book.

Erscheinungsdatum	25.08.2022
Verlagsort	Ontario
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Technikgeschichte
	Technik
ISBN-10	1-77161-640-7 / 1771616407
ISBN-13	978-1-77161-640-9 / 9781771616409
Zustand	Neuware