Big moment of the nineteenth century -- Other beginnings, ten thousand miles away -- Sumatra to Seattle, 1912-1920 -- An investment in Oklahoma, 1912-1920 -- A springboard to prominence, 1920-1925 -- ...

Off the coast of Nigeria, one of the world’s largest oil production ships, called the Bonga, was taking oil from a field on the ocean floor and transferring it to a tanker ship. Such transfers are ...