Oil Man

Author : Arno Kopecky
Publisher : D & M Publishers
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-19
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781771001083

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The Oil Man and the Sea by Arno Kopecky Pdf

A sailing trip along the proposed Northern Gateway marine route with a fresh new voice in non-fiction. With oil and gas behemoth Enbridge Inc.’s Northern Gateway proposal nearing approval, supertankers loaded with two million barrels of oil may soon be plying the waters from northern British Columbia down the wild Pacific Coast. This region is home to the largest tract of temperate rainforest on earth, First Nations who have lived there for millennia, and some of the world’s most biodiverse waters—one spill is all it will take to erase ten thousand years of evolution. Arno Kopecky and his companions travel aboard a forty-one-foot sailboat exploring the pristine route—a profoundly volatile marine environment that registered 1,275 marine vessel incidents—mechanical failures, collisions, explosions, groundings, and sinkings—between 1999 and 2009 alone. Neither Kopecky nor the boat’s owner have ever sailed before, yet they brave these waters alone when their captain leaves them part way through the journey. Written with Kopecky’s quick humor and deft touch, this is a rich evocation of a mythic place and the ecology, culture, and history of a legendary region with a knife at its throat.

Author : Michael Wallis
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780806146966

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Oil Man by Michael Wallis Pdf

This rich, rousing gusher of a biography captures the life and times of an American hero and the birth of the modern oil empire he created. Frank Phillips, founder of Phillips Petroleum, was one of the most prominent self-made business tycoons of the twentieth century. In Oil Man, Michael Wallis, a best-selling historian of the West, presents Phillips against a pageant of luminaries and outlaws that includes Will Rogers, Harry Truman, Edna Ferber, J. Paul Getty, and Pretty Boy Floyd. Spanning the final days of America's frontier West through the Roaring Twenties and two world wars, Oil Man is a bold, colorful biography of an original American entrepreneur. A classic work that continues to gather accolades since its original publication in 1988, the book captures the life and times of an American hero.

Author : R. W. WHITTON
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1799
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0024533574

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The Oil-Man's Vade-Mecum; Or, Useful Assistant, Shewing ... the Value of a Tun of Fish Or Seed Oil, at Any Price Per Gallon, Etc by R. W. WHITTON Pdf

Author : Michael Wallis
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 529 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2014-10-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780806146973

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Oil Man by Michael Wallis Pdf

This rich, rousing gusher of a biography captures the life and times of an American hero and the birth of the modern oil empire he created. Frank Phillips, founder of Phillips Petroleum, was one of the most prominent self-made business tycoons of the twentieth century. In Oil Man, Michael Wallis, a best-selling historian of the West, presents Phillips against a pageant of luminaries and outlaws that includes Will Rogers, Harry Truman, Edna Ferber, J. Paul Getty, and Pretty Boy Floyd. Spanning the final days of America's frontier West through the Roaring Twenties and two world wars, Oil Man is a bold, colorful biography of an original American entrepreneur. A classic work that continues to gather accolades since its original publication in 1988, the book captures the life and times of an American hero.

Author : John Joseph Mathews
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1974-12-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0806112387

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Life and Death of an Oilman by John Joseph Mathews Pdf

Located in the Oklahoma Collection.

Author : John Munonye
Publisher : Heinemann Educational Publishers
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015066683361

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Oil Man of Obange by John Munonye Pdf

The main character of this book is subjected to a grinding series of tragedies which gradually break this small man. By the author of The Only Son and Bridge to a Wedding.

Author : Leon Puissegur
Publisher : Savant Books and Publications
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2011-11-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780983286158

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The Oil Man by Leon Puissegur Pdf

Avid conspiracy theorist John Marx, supervisor on an oil derrick in the Gulf of Mexico, comes into possession of an email and box that changes first his, then the world's point of view about oil. It all comes down to not who controls the world's petroleum supply, but who people, corporations and governments think control it. Tempers explode, guns flare, people die, all due to an email and a shard of crystal.

Author : Arne Nielsen
Publisher : University of Alberta
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2012-11-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780888648075

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We Gambled Everything by Arne Nielsen Pdf

"We gambled everything-our careers, our fortunes, the future of our nation-and every day brought new discoveries. It was like living on a frontier."-Arne Nielsen The memoir of Canadian petroleum industry leader Arne Nielsen is not a conventional business biography. During his six decades in the business, he witnessed critical events in the oil industry that influenced Canada's economic history. From rain-soaked tents on the Arctic barren land to the luxurious New York offices of a multinational oil company, Arne Nielsen's expansive knowledge of geology and the oil industry made him one of the most influential and well-known figures of his time. His memoir provides crucial details and unique perspectives on events that will be of interest to the next generation of oil industry executives as well as to consumers, economists, and ecologists.

Author : Robert Stuart Mclean
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2011-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781426969706

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Oilman by Robert Stuart Mclean Pdf

Follow Billy Cochrane from the day he quit school in grade 11 to find work in the Leduc oil discovery, to eventually fight, claw, drink and above all, work his way to becoming a colossus in the industry.

Author : Dan R. Frantzen
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2008-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781438910017

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Ode of an Oilman by Dan R. Frantzen Pdf

Born in the Great Depression, Dan R. Frantzen worked his way through poverty, adversity and hardship to the pinnacle of his career. Through the help of his young daughter, inspiration discovered Dan and he began his journey writing to help others for the next 40 years. His definition of 'Success Through God' has helped him and many others overcome their problems by Dan's efforts of advice and encouragement. Dan's belief that we are all in service to God makes the point that the lord is with us through every trial and tribulation. Mr. Frantzen learned the secret of turning problems into answers. With God, a positive attitude and some luck, he turned his life of adversities into benefits that lasted him a lifetime. Dan's entire career in the oil and gas industry was met with the ups and downs of the industry. The lessons learned on this path led him to his greatest career discoveries and helped him meet many 'Divine Connections' that have stayed with him the duration of this life. Since 1977, Dan has been corresponding and fighting for our America's economic stability. Predicting our current energy crisis, he has been writing letters to Presidents and Congressmen in an effort to save America and its oil and gas industry. Learn how Dan's economic plans could bring us back to world economic supremacy, regain the respect of the world and help us chose a proper leader for America. Life is not complete without family; and Dan lovingly describes his moments with his children. Mirroring himself, his children set out on the road of life at an early age with a pioneering spirit that Dan could only liken to his own. Finally, an amateur philosopher, read miscellaneous articles that encompass Dan's many thoughts and feelings in regard to this life.

Author : John Perkins
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2004-11-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781576755129

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Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins Pdf

Perkins, a former chief economist at a Boston strategic-consulting firm, confesses he was an "economic hit man" for 10 years, helping U.S. intelligence agencies and multinationals cajole and blackmail foreign leaders into serving U.S. foreign policy and awarding lucrative contracts to American business.

Author : Jonathan Conlin
Publisher : Profile Books
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2019-01-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781782834441

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Mr Five Per Cent by Jonathan Conlin Pdf

Winner of the BAC Wadsworth Prize for Business History 2020 When Calouste Gulbenkian died in 1955 at the age of 86, he was the richest man in the world, known as 'Mr Five Per Cent' for his personal share of Middle East oil. The son of a wealthy Armenian merchant in Istanbul, for half a century he brokered top-level oil deals, concealing his mysterious web of business interests and contacts within a labyrinth of Asian and European cartels, and convincing governments and oil barons alike of his impartiality as an 'honest broker'. Today his name is known principally through the Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon, to which his spectacular art collection and most of his vast wealth were bequeathed. Gulbenkian's private life was as labyrinthine as his business dealings. He insisted on the highest 'moral values', yet ruthlessly used his wife's charm as a hostess to further his career, and demanded complete obedience from his family, whom he monitored obsessively. As a young man he lived a champagne lifestyle, escorting actresses and showgirls, and in later life - on doctor's orders - he slept with a succession of discreetly provided young women. Meanwhile he built up a superb art collection which included Rembrandts and other treasures sold to him by Stalin from the Hermitage Museum. Published to mark the 150th anniversary of his birth, Mr Five Per Cent reveals Gulbenkian's complex and many-sided existence. Written with full access to the Gulbenkian Foundation's archives, this is the fascinating story of the man who more than anyone else helped shape the modern oil industry.

Author : Peter Owens
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1590180577

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Oil and Chemical Spills by Peter Owens Pdf

Attempts to understand the impact and consequences of oil and chemical spills both to human life and the environment, as well as the measures being taken to reduce the danger of future accidents.

Author : Antonella De Leonardis
Publisher : Nova Science Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Olive oil
ISBN : 1631176560

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Virgin Olive Oil by Antonella De Leonardis Pdf

Olive oil is considered to be such a crucial component of the so-called Mediterranean Diet' that, since 2010, it has been inscribed in UNESCO's list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, and is considered to be a very good dietary habit. In addition, a copious amount of scientific literature has provided evidence that regular consumption of olive oil is associated with longevity, healthier ageing, cardiovascular health, prevention and protection against cancer. Currently, olive oil is gaining a world-wide rise in popularity given that it is widely considered to be a functional food able to provide health and well-being. Indeed, in recent years, the consumption and production of olive tree products, such as olive oil as well as olive fruits, food containing olive oils, leaves, bioactive extracts and single molecules are also increasing world-wide. At the same time, scientific research about olive tree products is increasing exponentially, involving academics of several disciplines, especially agronomy, arboriculture, engineering, economics, food technology, medicine and pharmacology.

Author : David Grann
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2018-04-03
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9780307742483

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Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann Pdf

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A twisting, haunting true-life murder mystery about one of the most monstrous crimes in American history, from the author of The Wager and The Lost City of Z, “one of the preeminent adventure and true-crime writers working today."—New York Magazine • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • NOW A MARTIN SCORSESE PICTURE “A shocking whodunit…What more could fans of true-crime thrillers ask?”—USA Today “A masterful work of literary journalism crafted with the urgency of a mystery.” —The Boston Globe In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their land, the Osage rode in chauffeured automobiles, built mansions, and sent their children to study in Europe. Then, one by one, the Osage began to be killed off. The family of an Osage woman, Mollie Burkhart, became a prime target. One of her relatives was shot. Another was poisoned. And it was just the beginning, as more and more Osage were dying under mysterious circumstances, and many of those who dared to investigate the killings were themselves murdered. As the death toll rose, the newly created FBI took up the case, and the young director, J. Edgar Hoover, turned to a former Texas Ranger named Tom White to try to unravel the mystery. White put together an undercover team, including a Native American agent who infiltrated the region, and together with the Osage began to expose one of the most chilling conspiracies in American history. Look for David Grann’s latest bestselling book, The Wager!