PETROLEUM and the MILITARY

In World War 2 the Soviet Union sought to protect their oil fields from falling into the hands of Nazi Germany at the Battle of Stalingrad.
The United States has a strategic oil reserve in the event of war or loss of oil supplies.
During the Iran-Iraq War many nations sent military ships to escort tankers carrying oil.
During the Gulf War, Iraq's retreating troops burned Kuwait's oil fields in order to give them air cover, to slow the advance of pursuing coalition forces, and to damage the Kuwaiti economy.
During the Iraq War the United States had military units work to quickly secure oil fields and remove boobytraps. It also had units guarding the Ministry of Petroleum in Baghdad while the rest of the city rioted.
BOOKS ABOUT PETROLEUM
James Howard Kunstler (2005). The Long Emergency: Surviving the Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-first Century, Atlantic Monthly Press. 0871138883.

C.J. Campbell (2004). The Coming Oil Crisis.

Peter Odell (2004). Why Carbon Fuels Will Dominate the 21st Century's Global Energy Economy, Multi Science. 0906522226.

(2004) Out of Gas: The End of the Age of Oil.

Amory B. Lovins (2004). Winning the Oil Endgame, Rocky Mountain Institute. 1881071103.

(2003) Hubbert's Peak : The Impending World Oil Shortage.

Vaclav Smil (2003). Energy at the Crossroads : Global Perspectives and Uncertainties, The MIT Press. 0262194929.

Daniel Yergin (1991). The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power, Simon & Schuster. 0671502484.

Harold F. Williamson and Arnold R. Daum (1959). The American Petroleum Industry: Volume I, The Age of Illumination, Northwestern University Press.

Harold F. Williamson, Ralph L. Andreano, Arnold R. Daum, and Gilbert C. Klose (1963). The American Petroleum Industry: Volume II, The Age of Energy, Northwestern University Press.

Beychok, Milton R. (1967). Aqueous Wastes From Petroleum and Petrochemical Plants, John Wiley and Sons.