The archeology of the Oil Industry. Identifying the bitumen industry in Antiquity and the development fo a GCxGC and an LCxLC toolset for the geochemical sourcing of bitumen. Ghent University
The "Archeology of the Petroleum Industry" will lay bare the root of what currently can be considered as the biggest commerce in the world: the petroleum industry. Although what may seem as a 20th century commodity, actually started in Antiquity with trade in bitumen; a petroleum-related product which surfaces naturally. The import of Iranian bitumen into the Persian Gulf during the late third- and second millennium B.C. may be considered as ...