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Conoco: 125 years of energy
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276 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2000
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March 2, 2022
Russ Banham is very experienced in writing the histories of corporations.
He does a vey fine job here.
Conoco certainly did their homework before selecting him to write their long and eventful history.
This is the type of book that is commissioned when a company wants to celebrate a very special moment, (in this case the company's 125th anniversary in 2000).
They would distribute these among their valued employees around the globe, and to their share-holders).
Having read "The Prize", Daniel Yergin's Pulitzer Prize winning book, have a deep interest in the oil industry. Also, growing up in Pennsylvania, the birth-place of the oil industry, I found this book intriguing. What you will find in this beautifully illustrated "coffee-table" sized book is, f course, the expected Atta-boys and pats on the back to the former C.E.O.s but also- what is revealed in a company that truly appreciates it's world-wide workforce.
Conoco has proven itself to be a vey, very innovative company over all of these years.
They mention their environmental record, which relative to the industry, is one of the best,
(They quickly became the first energy company to switch over to an entire fleet of double hulled tankers). They also assisted Jane Goodall near her sanctuary in Africa.
I do not believe that I found a SINGLE mention of global warming in this book though.
Conoco has been a real risk taker in exploring new oil fields all over the world in the past 70 years.
In places like Libya, Venezuela, and Russia. So how did that work out? This company had to write off some pretty big hits!
He does a vey fine job here.
Conoco certainly did their homework before selecting him to write their long and eventful history.
This is the type of book that is commissioned when a company wants to celebrate a very special moment, (in this case the company's 125th anniversary in 2000).
They would distribute these among their valued employees around the globe, and to their share-holders).
Having read "The Prize", Daniel Yergin's Pulitzer Prize winning book, have a deep interest in the oil industry. Also, growing up in Pennsylvania, the birth-place of the oil industry, I found this book intriguing. What you will find in this beautifully illustrated "coffee-table" sized book is, f course, the expected Atta-boys and pats on the back to the former C.E.O.s but also- what is revealed in a company that truly appreciates it's world-wide workforce.
Conoco has proven itself to be a vey, very innovative company over all of these years.
They mention their environmental record, which relative to the industry, is one of the best,
(They quickly became the first energy company to switch over to an entire fleet of double hulled tankers). They also assisted Jane Goodall near her sanctuary in Africa.
I do not believe that I found a SINGLE mention of global warming in this book though.
Conoco has been a real risk taker in exploring new oil fields all over the world in the past 70 years.
In places like Libya, Venezuela, and Russia. So how did that work out? This company had to write off some pretty big hits!
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