In the essay, "A thirst for oil…Man's search for petroleum" by R. Williams, he states that oil has a big influence on why and what man does. At first oil was used for liniment, medicine, and cementing walls.
All over the world, there are natural places you can recover oil and gas, such as the U.S. and Canada, but the Middle East was the biggest supplier for U.S. oil after World War II.
Petroleum first uses included:
• Sealants, lubricants, and medicinal purposes.
• A product of petroleum, kerosene, was used as fuel for light and heating.
• The major current use for petroleum came with the invention of the automobile.
• Petroleum is not just use for fuel; oil is also used in plastics, fertilizers, and cosmetics.
Early on searching for oil and gas was more difficult, found only near natural oil and gas seeps.
Later on, geochemistry helped in finding that deposits under the earth's surface. Technology is aided in the search for oil, but instead of just a guessing game it became an actual science with satellites, drilling, and saline injections, helping to uncover what is beneath the surface of the earth.
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Petroleum is a limited resource that the world is obsessed with using until it is gone. People are willing to do whatever it takes to get all the oil they can, no matter what it means.
R. Williams writes, "From a substance seeping from that earth's surface, ignored by man for centuries, to a commodity that has unprecedented implications in global relations, petroleum has truly become a man's black goal."
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