The Evolution of the Oil Industry
by Victor Ross
★★★★★No ratings yet
Language: English
Sign in to rate this book.
Sign in to shelve this book.
About this eBook
- Author
- Ross, Victor, 1878-1934
- Title
- The evolution of the oil industry
- Original Publication
- New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1920.
- Credits
- deaurider, Daniel Lowe, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- TN: Technology: Mining engineering, Metallurgy
- Subject
- Petroleum industry and trade
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 77066
- Release Date
- October 16, 2025
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE EVOLUTION OF THE OIL INDUSTRY
- 2.PREFACE By Dr. Van H. Manning
- 3.CONTENTS
- 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- 5.CHAPTER I PETROLEUM IN HISTORY AND LEGEND
- 6.CHAPTER II WHAT IS PETROLEUM?
- 7.CHAPTER III DAWN OF AMERICA’S PETROLEUM INDUSTRY
- 8.CHAPTER IV FOUNDER OF THE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY
- 9.CHAPTER V PETROLEUM AS A WORLD INDUSTRY
- 10.CHAPTER VI LOCATING THE OIL WELL
- 11.CHAPTER VII DRILLING THE OIL WELL
- 12.CHAPTER VIII COLLECTING AND TRANSPORTING CRUDE: THE PIPE LINE
- 13.CHAPTER IX REFINING AND MANUFACTURING PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
- 14.CHAPTER X PETROLEUM AND OTHER INDUSTRIES
- 15.CHAPTER XI PETROLEUM ON THE SEVEN SEAS
- 16.CHAPTER XII PETROLEUM IN THE GREAT WAR
- 17.CHAPTER XIII AMERICA’S INVESTMENT IN PETROLEUM
- 18.CHAPTER XIV PETROLEUM IN THE FUTURE — Transcriber’s Note
Community reviews
Sign in to write a review.
No reviews yet.