A Pipeline Runs Through ItA Pipeline Runs Through It is the origin story of our modern oil age, offering a fresh, comprehensive, in depth look at the social, economic, political, and geopolitical forces involved in our transition to this era. It tells an extraordinary story, from the pre industrial history of petroleum through to large scale production in the mid 19th century and the development of a dominant, fully fledged oil industry by the early 20th century. Petroleum was