Sari: Kenneth E. Montague Series in Oil and Business History
(Ilmumisaeg: 31-Oct-2009, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Texas A & M University Press, ISBN-13: 9781603441568)
“. . . tells a dramatic story of imaginative businessmen and engineers who propelled Shell forward in the search for ways to locate and recover oil from the depths of the sea.”—Southwestern Historical Quarterly ...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 10-Apr-2007, Hardback, Kirjastus: Texas A & M University Press, ISBN-13: 9781585445684)
After World War II, the discovery and production of onshore oil in the United States faced decline. As a result, offshore prospects in the Gulf of Mexico took on new strategic value. Shell Oil Company pioneered many of the early moves offs...Loe edasi...
The quest for manganese, important for a host of industrial processes, led U.S. corporations to search across the world for cheap sources of materials, which in turn led to greater U.S. international involvement in its minerals policy and friction an...Loe edasi...
Essentially a vanity publication on the part of the Houston-based engineering and construction firm, Brown & Root, this book rapturously discusses the history of offshore oil and gas drilling, placing the company at the forefront of each advance. Se...Loe edasi...
