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While the natural history of oil punctuates the earth’s natural history, its role as the primary energy source for humanity spans little more than a century.
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Read, C. (2011). Oil in Our Past and Present. In: BP and the Macondo Spill. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230305083_5
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