Black gold, dirty power: How oil still rules the world
Oil has shaped wars, toppled governments and warped global power for over a century and its grip is only growing more dangerous as the world struggles to break free, writesMel de Silva.
WHENEDWIN DRAKEstruck oil in Pennsylvania in 1859, refiners celebrated the kerosene but didn't quite know what to do with all the worthless gasoline.
Theyburned it off, or dumped it in rivers with predictably hazardous resul