Oil derricks and Corinthian columns : the industrial transformation of the Oklahoma State Capitol grounds
Landscape ; Natural gas ; Oil ; Oklahoma ; Semiotics of space ; State ; United States of America
A. refutes David Lowental's suggestion that the oil derricks around the State Capitol are an example of American's valuing landscape function over form. He uses archival materials and literary accounts to show how oil drilling came to include
the Capitol grounds as Governor Marland, a former oil tycoon, insisted in 1936 that the State exploit the oil in there. After drilling began there, an election was held to include the Capitol grounds in the oil zoning of the Oklahoma City Oil Field. In 1980s
the oil wells there began to run dry, but eight are preserved largely as a symbol of the importance of oil and natural gas to Oklahoma. - (SLD)
Islands and oil - locality and structure. The consequences of larger oil investments in two local communities, Shetland in Great Britain and Øygarden in Norway
Atlantic Ocean ; Cultural identity ; Investment ; Island ; Local authority ; Local economy ; Local government ; North Sea ; Oil ; Oil industry ; Shetland Islands
Russian crude oil production in 1996 : conditions and prospects
Economic environment ; Energy ; Enterprise ; Industrial organization ; Legislation ; Oil ; Oil industry ; Price fixing ; Production ; Regional disparities ; Russia
Evaluation des tendances de la production pétrolière dans la Fédération de Russie en 1996. Perspectives quant aux performances futures du secteur pétrolier. L'accent est mis sur les effets induits de l'évolution continue de la structure
Economic structure ; Economy ; Fishery ; Fishing ; Fishing resources ; Oil industry ; Rational use ; Shetland Islands ; Sustainable development ; United Kingdom
As well as the development of oil from the 1970s there has been the other major economic innovation of fish farming. The direct employment provided by the oil industry is exceeded by the fish-related industries. The islands have now to look more
Aquatic ecosystem ; Caspienne Sea ; Ecosystem ; European part of Russia ; Industrial pollution ; Oil ; Oil industry ; Pollution ; Stream ; Volga ; Water pollution
Roots, branches, leaves, stems, bark, fruits and seeds from Nepal are exported in large amounts to India for use in traditional medicine and essential oils. The marketing of these raw materials has various levels of intermediaries. A. offers