Tag: Big Oil

Duke Brooks (old friend from school forty years ago) comments on my piece about the Koch brothers’ sponsorship of PBS’s NOVA: “I have heard that the Koch brothers speak very highly of you, by the way.” Ha! You’re kidding, of …

Being on Big Oil’s Radar Screen — Is That Good? Read More »

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This article is submitted with the hope that it will set the tone for a series of others that will follow by covering the origins of the petroleum industry in the United States. The main objective of these pieces is …

From Guest Blogger Iannick Gagnon — Oil: The First Shock (1859-1865) Read More »

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This article, I hope, will set the tone for a series of others that will follow by revealing the origins of the petroleum industry in the United States. The main objective of these pieces is to provide the reader with …

From Guest-Blogger Iannick Gagnon — Oil: The First Shocks (1859-1900) Read More »

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