GEOG 1014 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Heating Oil, Industrial Revolution, Ghawar Field
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90 million barrels each day world: 1 barrel = 42 usa gallons, 159 liters, 3. 8 billion gallons per day, reliance is new not present 1000 years ago. 11/9/15 11:29 am: known since ancient times, naturally occurs as a flammable substance, warfare, maybe light sources sometimes, 1840s-1850s = more experimentation, europe mostly, also usa, cheaper replacement for whale oil. Not electricity : messy, produced distilled kerosene burns: Heating oil as well: 2nd industrial revolution. 1860s/1870s = took off: europe, uk, russia. Top of the game of petroleum refinement: early 20th century = oil boom in usa. 1st half of 20th century = usa top producer of petroleum later on, mass production of combustible engine: cars! Mostly in rich developed western world lead by. Usa: also a lot of eastern europe & russia. 2nd industrial revolution occurring in these countries: 1913 = first moving assembly line, henry ford, 1920s 1930s = boom of organic chemistry.
