Oil Quotes

“(primarily in Venezuela and Canada) that were previously excluded from annual summaries, the global total rose to 1.292Tb in 2005, and in 2017 it stood at 1.7Tb.”
― Vaclav Smil, Oil

“in the country that is most addicted to excessive driving. Detailed”
― Vaclav Smil, Oil

“seismic search for oil had its origins in Reginald Fessenden’s research on detecting icebergs and locating ore bodies (patented in 1917) and in the independent invention of practical, albeit initially crude, seismographs. The first portable device was invented by Ludger Mintrop during World War I in order to give the German army a highly accurate means of locating the positions of Allied artillery.”
― Vaclav Smil, Oil