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BL Oil & Gas History, Economics and Geopolitics OENA8433BL Oil & Gas History, Economics and Geopolitics OENA8433Topic2,
Lecture2:TheAgeofGasoline
Topic2,
Lecture2:TheAgeofGasoline
Dr. Karin OerlemansDr. Karin Oerlemans
 
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Unit Overview
Topic1:Introduction–TheFounders
Topic2:TheGlobalStruggle
Lecture1:
WorldWarOne
Lecture 2: 
The Age of Gasoline 
Lecture3:
TheRedLineAgreementandtheArabianConcessions
Topic3:WarandStrategy
Topic4:OilandGasEconomics
Topic5:OilandGasTechnologyincontext
Topic6:TheEnergyIndustryToday
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Recommended Reading
Yergin, D. (1991). The prize: The epic quest for oil, money andpower. New York: Free Press.
Economides, M. & Oligney, R. (2000). The colour of oil. Katy:Round Oak.
Other sources
Enos, J. L., (n.d.) “Invention and Innovation in the PetroleumRefining Industry”, downloaded fromhttp://www.nber.org/chapters/c2124.pdf.
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Lecture Outcomes
Uponsuccessfulcompletionofthislectureyoushouldbeableto:
RecountthegrowingsuccessoftheUSoilindustry
Understandthehistoricalimpactofthisconflictonthedevelopmentoftheoilandgasindustry
UnderstandthechangednatureoftheoilindustryfollowingWorldWarOneandtheentryintotheageofgasoline
Begintodevelopanappreciationfortheroleofoilasastrategicworldcommodity
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The Automobile
1885 –Gottlieb Daimler invented what isoften recognized as the prototype of themodern gas engine -with a vertical cylinder,and with gasoline injected through acarburettor (patented in 1887). Daimler firstbuilt a two-wheeled vehicle the ‘Reitwagen’(Riding Carriage) with this engine and ayear later built the world's first four-wheeledmotor vehicle
1886
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On January 29, Karl Benz received the first patent (DRP No.37435) for a gas-fuelled car
1889
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Daimler built an improved four-stroke engine with mushroom-shaped valves and two V-slant cylinders
1890
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Wilhelm Maybachbuilt the first four-cylinder, four-strokeengine
Daimler four wheelerhttp://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aacarsgasa.htm
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