1. Oil and natural gas reserves
Source: Mary Brooks and Kabir Kumar,

2. The Drake Well, Titusville, Pennsylvania, 1858
(claims to be the first modern oil well )
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3. Nobel Brothers Oilfield, Baku, Russian Empire (now in Azerbaijan), 1800s
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4. Well No. 1, Masjid Sulaiman, Anglo-Persian Oil Company, Iran, 1908
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5. The first generation of all-oil naval ships
H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth, 1915:
The first generation of all-oil naval ships
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6. The New York Times, Aug. 1, 1913

7. Mohammad Mossadeq, prime minister of Iran, 1951
“Feet first into chaos?”
Source: Time, June 4, 1951,

8. Mohammad Mossadeq, prime minister of Iran, 1952
“Man of the Year: He oiled the wheels of chaos.”
Source: Time, January 7, 1952,

9. Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
“The Emperor of Oil” (1974)
Source: Time, November 4, 1974,

10. OPEC meeting, Tehran, Iran, 1973
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11. Price of a barrel of oil, 1861-2008
Source: Michael Ross, The Oil Curse (Princeton, 2012), p. 51.

12. Source: The Economist, November 26, 1977, p. 82.
“The Dutch Disease”
Source: The Economist, November 26, 1977, p. 82.

13. Source: Foreign Affairs, Vol. 60, No. 4, 1982, pp. 814-835.
“The Dutch Disease”
Source: Foreign Affairs, Vol. 60, No. 4, 1982, pp

14. Source: Foreign Affairs, Vol. 60, No. 4, 1982, pp. 814-835.
“The Dutch Disease”
Source: Foreign Affairs, Vol. 60, No. 4, 1982, pp