Marelli Motori D5H – D5L Series for Oil & Gas

The oil and gas industry is one of the largest sectors in the world and a huge factor in the global economy. But just like any other industry, it can also be very fragile and prone to volatility. With all the things recently happening between two major oil producers, there’s a call of ramping up oil and gas production to avoid shortages and prevent the prices from increasing further.

History of the Modern Oil Industry

Throughout human history, before the modern history of the oil and gas industry even began, energy has been a key enabler of living standards. To survive in the agrarian era, people burned wood for warmth and cooking. In addition to its use as a building material, wood remained the chief global fuel for centuries. The invention of the first modern steam engine, at the beginning of the 18th century, heralded the transformation from an agrarian to an industrial economy.

Steam engines could be powered by either wood or coal, but coal quickly became the preferred fuel and it enabled massive growth in the scale of industrialization. A half-ton of coal produced four times as much energy as the same amount of wood and was cheaper to produce and, despite its bulk, easier to distribute. Coal-fired steam locomotives dramatically reduced the time and cost of inland transportation, while steamships traversed oceans. Machines powered by coal enabled breakthroughs in productivity while reducing physical toil.

With the dawn of the 20th century, environmental concerns and new technologies led to another energy source shift from coal to oil. Interestingly, although women were not yet allowed to vote, ladies’ societies in the United States were instrumental in lobbying for laws to improve air quality and reduce the dense smoke caused by burning coal.

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