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Daniel Yergin is an American author, energy expert, and economic historian. He co-founded Cambridge Energy Research Associates and is known for his influential works on global energy markets and geopolitics.
Known for: The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations, The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power, The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power, The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World
Books by Daniel Yergin
The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations
In 'The New Map', Daniel Yergin explores how the global energy landscape is being reshaped by geopolitical shifts, technological innovation, and climate change. The book examines the interplay between...
The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power
This Pulitzer Prize–winning book traces the history of the global oil industry from its 19th-century origins to the late 20th century, exploring how oil shaped economies, politics, and wars. Yergin pr...
The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power
A comprehensive history of the global oil industry, tracing its development from the 19th century to the late 20th century. The book explores the political, economic, and technological forces that sha...
The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World
The Quest is Daniel Yergin’s sweeping history and analysis of the global energy industry, exploring how oil, natural gas, coal, nuclear power, and renewable energy have shaped the modern world. It exa...
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The Shale Revolution
Few developments have rewritten the energy map as dramatically as the U.S. shale revolution. At the start of the twenty-first century, America appeared destined to rely ever more heavily on energy imports. By 2020, thanks to hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling, it had become the world’s lar...
From The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations
Russia’s Energy Strategy
Russia’s story in *The New Map* is one of continuity and adaptation. Energy has long been the cornerstone of its power — both economic and political. As I trace in the book, Moscow views its oil and gas exports not simply as commercial goods but as instruments of statecraft. Europe’s dependence on R...
From The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations
The Early Oil Industry: Discovery and the Rise of Standard Oil
When I look back to the mid-nineteenth century, the world seemed on the brink of transformation but lacked the spark to ignite industrial expansion on a global scale. The spark came from an unexpected place: a quiet valley in northwestern Pennsylvania. In 1859, Edwin Drake drilled the first successf...
From The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power
The Breakup of Standard Oil and the International Expansion of the Industry
The breakup of Standard Oil in 1911 marked the end of an era and the beginning of a global enterprise. When the U.S. Supreme Court ordered Standard Oil’s dissolution under antitrust laws, its fragments—Exxon, Chevron, Mobil, and others—became not diminished remnants but seeds of new empires. These c...
From The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power
The Early Oil Industry: Discovery and the Rise of Standard Oil
In the mid-19th century, as the world stood at the threshold of industrial expansion, it lacked the spark to ignite transformation. That spark came from an unlikely place—a quiet valley in northwestern Pennsylvania. In 1859, Edwin Drake drilled the first successful oil well in Titusville. The moment...
From The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power
The Breakup of Standard Oil and the Global Expansion of the Industry
In 1911, the U.S. Supreme Court ordered the dissolution of Standard Oil under antitrust law, marking the end of one era and the dawn of another. Its fragments—Exxon, Chevron, Mobil, and others—did not wither but evolved into new energy empires. These companies inherited Rockefeller’s management meth...
From The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power
About Daniel Yergin
Daniel Yergin is an American author, energy expert, and economic historian. He co-founded Cambridge Energy Research Associates and is known for his influential works on global energy markets and geopolitics.
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