America's new map. The gas man -- The "discovery" of shale oil -- "If you had told me ten years ago" : the manufacturing renaissance -- The new gas exporter -- Closing and opening: Mexico and Brazil -- Pipeline battles -- The shale era -- The rebalancing of geopolitics -- Russia's map. Putin's great project -- Crises over gas -- Clash over energy security -- Ukraine and new sanctions -- Oil and state -- Pushback -- Pivoting to the East -- The heartland -- China's map. The "G2" -- "Dangerous ground" -- The three questions -- "Count on the wisdom of following generations" -- The role of history -- Oil and water? -- China's new treasure ships -- The test of prudence -- Belt and road building -- Maps of the Middle East. Lines in the sand -- Iran's revolution -- Wars in the Gulf -- A regional cold war -- The struggle for Iraq -- The arc of confrontation -- The rise of the "Eastern Med" -- "The answer" -- Oil shock -- Run for the future -- The plague -- Roadmap. The electric charge -- Enter the robot -- Hailing the future -- Auto-tech -- Climate map. Energy transition -- Green deals -- The renewable landscape -- Breakthrough technologies -- What does "energy transition" mean in the developing world? -- The changing mix -- Conclusion: The disrupted future.