03 Breaking The Octopus With Russian Oil

THE OCTOPUS HAS A LEAK. 🐙🔥Most people think John D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil was an invincible god of the 19th century. They’re wrong. In this episode of CRUDE AMBITION, we deconstruct Chapter 3 of Daniel Yergin’s Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece, The Prize, to reveal the moment the American monopoly began to bleed.The "Standard Oil Octopus" had a 90% grip on the world, but it couldn't stop geology. From the "Eternal Pillars of Fire" in Baku to the fever-dream jungles of Sumatra, the "Great Game" is officially going global. This is the story of the outsiders, the gamblers, and the scientific geniuses who dared to challenge the richest man on Earth.