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March 20th, 1919 – American Petroleum Institute Established The American Petroleum Institute (API) was established in New York City in 1921 in an effort to fuel World War I. The API created a scale to
Read more →January 23, 1895 – Oil Exchanges Closed By Standard Oil Price Fixing The downtown commercial historic district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. Standard Oil had an incred
Read more →January 2, 1866 – First ‘Modern’ Rotary Rig Patented Pictured here is a drawing of Peter Sweeney’s patent. In 1866, Peter Sweeney patented the first rotary drill, a design meant to be an improvement o
Read more →January 18, 1919 – Church Refuses Permission To Drill In Cemetery The East Texas Oil Field is the second largest in the lower 48 states and has produced the most oil since its discovery. World War I h
Read more →December 26, 1905 – 55 Gallon Drum Design Patented Nellie Bly, owner of the Ironclad Manufacturing Company and holder of the 55 gallon drum patent, was a journalist before she was an industrialist. He
Read more →December 13, 1905 — Birth of the Gas-Electric Hybrid The large wheel hubs contain motors that are powered by an electrical generator run by a gas engine. In 1902, as the petroleum exploration and dril
Read more →April 4th, 1951 – Williston Basin Revealed In North Dakota, Amerada Petroleum struck oil and discovered the infamous Williston Basin when they dug down two miles below the Clarence Iverson farm. The c
Read more →April 24th, 1911 – The Magnolia Petroleum Company Takes Shape In 1898, Corsicana, Texas was home to only one small refinery, however, it quickly lead to a boom that would bring countless other compani
Read more →April 17th, 1919 – The Start of Another Texas Oil Boom In 1919, the Waggoner No. 1 Well produced 4,800 oil barrels every day starting another oil drilling boom in the Wichita County, Texas area. S.L.
Read more →April 10th, 1866 – The Densmores Usher in Change James and Amos Densmore, inventors from Meadville, Pennsylvania were approved for a patent on their petroleum transporting system that lead to the Penn
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