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Jan 01, 1992
The discovery of petroleum gives rise to a new global industry. John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil grows into a monopoly. Muckraking journalist Ida Tarbell pulls back the curtain and reveals inconvenient truths about the robber baron.
Jan 01, 1992
Oil is struck in Sumatra. Henri Deterding of Royal Dutch Petroleum and Marcus Samuel of Shell join forces and compete against Standard Oil. Oil is struck in Texas. Winston Churchill recognizes the strategic value of oil on the eve of World War I.
Jan 01, 1992
Standard Oil's Walter 'The Boss' Teagle squares off against Calouste 'Mr. Five Percent' Gulbenkian, gatekeeper to Mideast oil. C.M. 'Dad' Joiner and Doc Lloyd strike oil in east Texas, sparking a boom that brings government regulation to the industry.
Jan 01, 1992
The key but often overlooked role that oil played in World War II is examined and discussed by war veterans and military historians.
Jan 01, 1993
Mideast oil is declared the greatest prize in history, but a prize not easily won. Participants and historians discuss the wooing of Saudi Arabia's Ibn Saud, the creation of Aramco, and the postwar reality that petroleum is political.
Jan 01, 1993
The story of oil in the 1950s and '60s. Italy's Enrico Mattei challenges the 'Seven Sisters.' Oil diplomacy in an increasingly volatile Middle East. The creation of OPEC in 1960. Cheap oil fuels America's car culture and suburban sprawl.
Jan 01, 1993
The tumultuous years 1971 through 1991 saw shifting power in the oil industry as OPEC commandeered the driver's seat, sparking a global search for new oil sources. 'Oil as a weapon' results in the gas shortages of 1973 and '79.
Jan 01, 1993
Is oil a 'sunset industry'? A galvanized environmentalist movement and government regulation pose challenges to the oil industry. The oil industry presses ahead trusting in its customers' continuing love affair with their automobiles.
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The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power Season 1 (1992) is released on Jan 01, 1992. Watch The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power online - the English Documentary TV series from United Kingdom. The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power is directed by Maxine Baker,William Cran,Ben Loeterman,Stephanie Tepper and created by Vivian Ducat with Donald Sutherland and Daniel Yergin. The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power is available online on Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Video.