Refineries
A facility where the oils were refined or purified.
Whippersnapper
A young and inexperienced person who is also overconfident.
Expansion
To become greater and larger in size.
Crude
The state of being natural and not yet processed or purified.
“rock oil”
What people first called crude oil.
Viable
Characterized as being successful or feasible.
Monarchies
Form of government where there is a king.
Petroleum
A substance that is extracted from rocks and is refined to produce oil.
Husbanded
To be frugal or to use something conservatively.
Capitalism
An economic system where the government does not interfere with the way businesses make profit.
Kerosene
Light fuel oil that is produced from petroleum.
