A re-blog of a post from 2007.
Oil is in the headlines again so why not a question along that line?
Good luck and have fun…..chuq
A re-blog of a post from 2007.
Oil is in the headlines again so why not a question along that line?
Good luck and have fun…..chuq
If you are talking ‘modern’, then I will rule out early uses of oil as long ago as Ancient Greece, and in Russia too. I will guess at America for commercial exploration, and before the Civil War. Say around 1860? But I don’t have a ‘Who?’.
Best wishes, Pete.
Yes I mean “modern” industry…..you are on the right track….chuq
Thanx Pete for playing along and since you are the only player this time……I appreciate your time….
American oil history began in a valley along a creek in remote northwestern Pennsylvania. Today’s exploration and production industry was born on August 27, 1859, near Titusville when a well specifically drilled for oil found it.
Although crude oil had been found and bottled for medicine as early as 1814 in Ohio and in Kentucky in 1818, these had been drilled seeking brine. Drillers often used an ancient technology, the “spring pole” (see Making Hole – Drilling Technology). Sometimes the salt wells produced small amounts of oil, an unwanted byproduct.
Investors in the first U.S. oil company would be rewarded in the summer of 1859 when a former railroad conductor used innovative technologies to complete the country’s first commercial oil well. News spread about the viscous, easily refined petroleum (from the Latin “petra,” rock, and “oleum,” oil). The Pennsylvania well that launched America’s petroleum age was 69.5 feet deep.
Bonus question…Bogie never said that famous line….however Ilsa did while in Rick’s Place in Casablanca.
Thanx again. chuq
I’m impressed with myself! Only one year out, and the right country! 🙂
(Sorry I didn’t answer the bonus, but I knew it was Bergman)
I am just pleased that someone takes the time to play…thank you….much appreciated….chuq