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Oil on the brain : adventures from the pump to the pipeline

Includes bibliographical references and index Introduction -- Gas station : chasing the hidden penny -- Distribution : waiting in the traffic jam -- Refinery : thirty seconds of panic -- Drilling rig : living by the drill bit in Texas -- Strategic petroleum reserve : mysteries of the hoard -- NYMEX oil market : risky living in the giant brain -- Venezuela : ninety years of "the struggle" -- Chad : betting on the lion people -- Iran : revisiting a mini-epic battle -- Nigeria : calling the warlord's cell phone -- China : driving the "aspire" -- Epilogue The aim of this book is to understand the …