Petroleum and Natural Gas - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2024
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Back to School

a friend introduced me to a remarkable red wine. Delving into wine suits my personality—I’m a naturally curious person and enjoy diving into the nitty-gritty of things. Wines offer endless layers of... View Details

Keywords: April White; illustrations by Josh Cochran

01 Jun 2019
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City on a Hill

companies like International Harvester and US Steel. But over time, automation steadily reduced the number of workers required to extract the mineral, while competition from natural View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Clay Cook

08 Sep 2016
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How We Make It Work

nature of the business, we were still in the world of billable hours; therefore, the conflict of cash flow vs. family time was not resolved. Ultimately, I decided to join a startup operation, and my wife... View Details

01 Dec 1998
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Managing the Business of Life

home life. "Most of the time I end up sacrificing a fair bit on the family side," admits Weber, who in August resigned as president of Vickers Inc., a manufacturer of hydraulic pumps and motors in Toledo, Ohio, View Details

01 Mar 2007
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Letters to the Editor

Harvard University project. Notice the fifty-gallon barrels beside the steps of the houses on the left. This was for storage of kerosene used to heat the apartments. Natural gas or propane would not have... View Details

02 Sep 2018
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Havana Rising

benefactor and main trading partner, entering what is referred to as “the Special Period,” which would last until the mid-1990s. Gas shortages led to farming and distribution... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Eve North

02 Mar 2016
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The New Space Race

search for mineable asteroids. While their first few spacecraft will be used to test these capabilities, they will also observe Earth and collect data—ranging from oil and gas... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley

01 Oct 1996
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Lasting Impressions

wanted to put that behind me and move forward." In contrast, Steve Belkin, who entered HBS right after graduation from Cornell and was one of the youngest members of the class, was in Harvard Square when the... View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg

13 Feb 2020
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Not Throwing Away My Shot

put luggage on wheels and they changed the nature of how people travel. Now I drag it around. Those were two things that existed, right? It wasn't a new technology. It wasn't some new intellectual property... View Details

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