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Commodities

  • Petroleum
    Petroleum
    Petroleum or crude oil is a naturally occurring, flammable liquid consisting of a complex mixture of hydrocarbons of various molecular weights and other liquid organic compounds, that are found in geologic formations beneath the Earth's surface. Petroleum is recovered mostly through oil drilling...

  • Oil
    Oil
    An oil is any substance that is liquid at ambient temperatures and does not mix with water but may mix with other oils and organic solvents. This general definition includes vegetable oils, volatile essential oils, petrochemical oils, and synthetic oils....

  • Coal
    Coal
    Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams. The harder forms, such as anthracite coal, can be regarded as metamorphic rock because of later exposure to elevated temperature and pressure...

  • Coffee
    Coffee
    Coffee is a brewed beverage with a dark,init brooo acidic flavor prepared from the roasted seeds of the coffee plant, colloquially called coffee beans. The beans are found in coffee cherries, which grow on trees cultivated in over 70 countries, primarily in equatorial Latin America, Southeast Asia,...

  • Black pepper
    Black pepper
    Black pepper is a flowering vine in the family Piperaceae, cultivated for its fruit, which is usually dried and used as a spice and seasoning. The fruit, known as a peppercorn when dried, is approximately in diameter, dark red when fully mature, and, like all drupes, contains a single seed...

  • African slaves during the slave trade
  • Opium poppy
    Opium poppy
    Opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, is the species of plant from which opium and poppy seeds are extracted. Opium is the source of many opiates, including morphine , thebaine, codeine, papaverine, and noscapine...

  • Compost
    Compost
    Compost is organic matter that has been decomposed and recycled as a fertilizer and soil amendment. Compost is a key ingredient in organic farming. At its most essential, the process of composting requires simply piling up waste outdoors and waiting for the materials to break down from anywhere...

  • Human hair
  • Guinness
    Guinness
    Guinness is a popular Irish dry stout that originated in the brewery of Arthur Guinness at St. James's Gate, Dublin. Guinness is directly descended from the porter style that originated in London in the early 18th century and is one of the most successful beer brands worldwide, brewed in almost...


Video games

  • Black Gold (video game), video game of the strategy genre released in 1989 by reLINE Software
  • World War III: Black Gold
    World War III: Black Gold
    World War III: Black Gold is a real-time strategy video game by Reality Pump and JoWood Productions, published in 2001.-Gameplay:The player has the option of playing as Iraq, Russia, or the United States. Each military power has its own unique units, abilities, and corresponding strategies...

    , a 2001 strategy game made by JoWood and Reality Pump

Film

  • Black Gold (1962 film)
    Black Gold (1962 film)
    Black Gold is a 1962 adventure film directed by Leslie H. Martinson. It stars Philip Carey and Diane McBain.-Cast:*Philip Carey as Frank McCandless*Diane McBain as Ann Evans*James Best as Jericho Larkin*Fay Spain as Julie...

    , a 1962 adventure film directed by Leslie H. Martinson
  • Black Gold (2006 film), a 2006 documentary about the coffee and fair trade
  • Black Gold (2011 film)
    Black Gold (2011 film)
    Black Gold is an upcoming drama film co-produced and directed by Jeta Amanta. One local Niger Delta community's struggle against their own government and a multi-national oil corporation who has plundered their land and destroyed the environment.- Plot :...

    , a 2011 film
  • Black Gold (2012 film)
    Black Gold (2012 film)
    Black Gold is an upcoming epic drama film directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud and Produced by Tarak Ben Ammar Chairman of Quinta Communications and Co-produced by Doha Film Institute, Qatar...

    , a drama film about a young Arabian Prince during the oil boom of the 1930s by Jean-Jacques Annaud
    Jean-Jacques Annaud
    Jean-Jacques Annaud is a French film director, film producer and screenwriter.- Biography :Annaud was born in Juvisy-sur-Orge, Essonne...

  • Gentle Ben 2: Black Gold (2003), UK name for Gentle Ben
    Gentle Ben
    Gentle Ben is a children's novel by author Walt Morey, first published in 1965. The book concerns the friendship between the title character, a bear, and a young boy named Mark...


Literature

  • Black Gold (novel)
    Black Gold (novel)
    Black Gold is the title of a book about South Africa by English journalist Anthony Sampson which, as the title indicates, weaves together the themes of apartheid and gold mining....

    ,a 1987 book about South Africa by English journalist Anthony Sampson
  • Land of Black Gold
    Land of Black Gold
    Land of Black Gold is the fifteenth of The Adventures of Tintin, a series of classic comic-strip albums, written and illustrated by Belgian writer and illustrator Hergé, featuring young reporter Tintin as a hero....

    , the fifteenth of The Adventures of Tintin

Music

  • Black Gold (Jimi Hendrix recordings)
    Black Gold (Jimi Hendrix recordings)
    In early 1970, Jimi Hendrix recorded an autobiographical song cycle in his Greenwich Village apartment that he titled Black Gold. The tapes consisted of 16 songs, all created by a solo Hendrix armed only with his voice and a Martin acoustic guitar...

    , unreleased Jimi Hendrix album
  • "Black Gold" (song)
    Black Gold (song)
    "Black Gold" is a 1993 single performed by the Minneapolis rock band Soul Asylum. It, along with the band's more famous hit "Runaway Train", helped bring their album, Grave Dancers Union to a multi-platinum level....

    , by alternative rock band Soul Asylum from their album Grave Dancer's Union
  • Black Gold (album)
    Black Gold (album)
    Black Gold is a live album by Jazz singer/pianist/songwriter Nina Simone recorded in 1969 at the Philharmonic Hall, New York.The album is especially notable because it features the civil rights anthem song "To Be Young Gifted And Black"...

    , live album by Nina Simone
  • Black Gold: The Best of Soul Asylum
    Black Gold: The Best of Soul Asylum
    Black Gold: The Best of Soul Asylum is a compilation album that contains 19 of the greatest hits from Soul Asylum.The title of the album, "Black Gold" comes from Soul Asylum's song with the same name, which was a hit single on their 1992 breakthrough album Grave Dancers Union.The disc also contains...

    , compilation album that contains 19 of the greatest hits by Soul Asylum
  • "Black and Gold" (song)
    Black and Gold (song)
    "Black and Gold" is the lead single from Sam Sparro's eponymous first album. The song has been remixed by Max Sanna and Steve Pitron, Paul Epworth, Al Usher, Kings of the Universe, Kromatik and Russ Chimes. The original version of the single was made available on iTunes on 23 March 2008, with the...

    , a 2008 song by Sam Sparro
  • Black and Gold
    Black and Gold
    Black and Gold is a Cornish folk song written by Will Coleman.Black and gold are the Cornish colours, and can be found on the banner and coat of arms of the Duchy of Cornwall. Traditionally furse used to be the major form of fuel in Cornwall, and was widely employed for domestic use...

    , a premier function band
  • Black Gold (band)
    Black Gold (band)
    Black Gold is a Brooklyn, New York, U.S. based music project with Eric Ronick and Than Luu formed in early 2006. The project was started after touring with M. Ward, Ambulance LTD, Rachael Yamagata, Panic! at the Disco, and Adam Franklin of Swervedriver...

    , from Brooklyn, New York
  • "Black Gold" (song), by heavy metal band Running Wild from their 2005 album Rogues en Vogue
    Rogues en Vogue
    Rogues en Vogue is an album by Running Wild. The album has sold over 500,000 records worldwide.In the beginning the album had a bad start with sales of only 30,000 records a year, but sold over 350,000 records in the month prior to what would be Running Wild's final concert at Wacken before their...

  • "Black Gold Blues", by Laura Veirs from her album Year of Meteors
    Year of Meteors
    Year of Meteors is a 2005 album by Laura Veirs, not to be confused with Walt Whitman poem "Year of Meteors" .-Track listing:#"Fire Snakes" – 4:57#"Galaxies" – 3:35#"Secret Someones" – 5:16#"Magnetized" – 2:37#"Parisian Dream" – 3:05...


Television

  • Black Gold (TV series)
    Black Gold (TV series)
    Black Gold is a documentary-style reality television series that chronicles three oil drilling rigs in Andrews County, Texas, 30 miles northwest of Odessa. It is produced by Thom Beers, creator of Deadliest Catch and Ice Road Truckers. The Black Gold theme song is sung by country music star Trace...

    , truTV show about Texas oil drilling

Other

  • Black Gold (horse)
    Black Gold (horse)
    Black Gold was an American Thoroughbred racehorse that won the 50th running of the Kentucky Derby in 1924....

     (1921–1928), winner of 1924's Kentucky Derby
  • Black gold (jewelry), a type of gold used in jewelry
  • Black gold (politics)
    Black gold (politics)
    Black gold is a term used in the Republic of China to refer to political corruption. The term refers to the obtaining of money through a dark, secretive, and corrupt method ....

    , a term used in the Republic of China (Taiwan) to refer to political corruption
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