Hunt.ġ921 First seismograph geologic experiments made near Oklahoma City.ġ922 First New Mexico oil well brought more discoveries.ġ923 Permian Basin Big Lake oilfield revealed by Santa Rita No. auto show.ġ901 Giant Spindletop oilfield revealed by “Lucas Gusher.”ġ901 First Louisiana oil well revealed giant Jennings oilfield.ġ902 First Alaska oil well drilled in rugged territory known for oil seeps.ġ903 Drilled for natural gas near Dexter, Kansas, a well produced “the gas the wouldn’t burn” - helium.ġ905 Glenn Pool oilfield discovered in Oklahoma, helping Tulsa to become “Oil Capital of the World.”ġ908 First Model T “Tin Lizzy” produced by Ford Motor Company in Detroit.ġ909 Sharp-Hughes dual-cone drill bit patented, soon nicknamed the “rock eater.”ġ911 Supreme Court ordered Standard Oil broken up into 34 companies.ġ911 Lakewood oil gusher in California (uncapped for 18 months).ġ911 667,000 automobiles registered in United States (8.5 million by 1920).ġ912 USS Texas launched, last American battleship built with coal-fired boilers.ġ913 First gas station opened by Gulf Oil in Pittsburgh.ġ913 Carl Baker organized the Baker Casing Shoe Company in California.ġ917 “Roaring Ranger” oil discovery in North Texas.ġ917 American Association of Petroleum Geologists ( AAPG) founded 38,000 members in 2018.ġ920 Permian Basin oilfield discovered in West Texas.ġ920 Huntington Beach oilfield discovered in California.ġ921 El Dorado, Arkansas, oilfield discovered, boosting career of H.L.

Rockefeller established Standard Oil Trust.ġ886 Indiana’s Trenton natural gas field proved to be 5,000 square miles (13,000 km).ġ886 “Great Karg Well” natural gas discovery made in Findlay, Ohio.ġ892 First Kansas oil well drilled at Neodesha.ġ894 New rotary method used for drilling discovered first major Texas oilfield at Corsicana, Texas.ġ896 Piers used for offshore drilling on California beaches.ġ897 First Oklahoma oil well drilled at Bartlesville, Indian Territory.ġ900 New York City hosted first U.S. Roberts uses down-hole explosives to fracture oil-bearing sands, “shooting” the well.ġ866 First Texas oil well drilled in Nacogdoches County by Lyne Taliaferro Barret.ġ876 First major California oil well competed in Pico Canyon after limited production in 1850s.ġ878 Haymaker brothers well discovered massive natural gas field, making headlines, “Natural Gas is King in Pittsburgh.”ġ882 John D. petroleum industry.ġ859 On August 30, John Grandin drills first “dry hole” exploring for oil.ġ863 Confederates raided oilfield in western Virginia, burning derricks and storage tanks.ġ863 First oilfield pipeline (2.5 miles, 2-inch cast iron) operated in Pennsylvania.ġ864 Union Col. oil well on August 27, at Titusville, Pennsylvania, launching the U.S. natural gas well dug near Fredonia, New York.ġ829 A spring-poled well seeking brine found oil instead (bottled for medicine) from Kentucky’s Great American Oil Well.ġ836 Manufactured “coal gas” street lighted Philadelphia streets.ġ846 Canadian Abraham Gesner refined illuminating fuel from coal and named it kerosene (trademarked in 1855).ġ850 Samuel Kier distilled oil into “carbon oil” for medicine in Pittsburgh.ġ855 George Bissell studied oil seeps, organized Pennsylvania Rock Oil Company.ġ859 Edwin L.

Illuminating gaslight brought dazzling “gems of light” to Rembrandt Peale’s art museum.ġ821 First U.S. “Any survey of the natural resources used as sources of energy must include a discussion about the importance of oil, the lifeblood of all industrialized nations.” - Daniel Yergin, bestselling author and winner of the Pulitzer Prize.ġ817 America’s first public street lamp (fueled by manufactured gas) lit in Baltimore, Maryland. petroleum industry began on August 27, 1859, with a Pennsylvania well drilled specifically for oil.

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