Pennsylvania is the birthplace of the American oil industry
Pennsylvania is the birthplace of commercial oil production in the United States. Edwin Drake drilled the first well specifically intended to produce oil in Titusville, in the northwest part of the state. Its success in 1859 launched a global industry. Drake WellDrake came to Titusville in 1857 as an agent for the Seneca Oil Company in Connecticut. Its goal was to find and produce crude oil in quantities that would make it commercially successful for refining into kerosene. With the help of driller and blacksmith William Smith, Drake adapted and used the salt well. technology for drilling for oil. The effort paid off when the Drake well struck oil at 69.5 feet on August 27, 1859. It attracted the first major wave of investment in oil drilling, refining, and marketing.
Pennsylvania is the birthplace of commercial oil production in the United States
Edwin Drake drilled the first well specifically intended to produce oil in Titusville, in the northwest part of the state.
Its success in 1859 launched a global industry.
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Drake came to Titusville in 1857 as an agent for the Seneca Oil Company in Connecticut.
Its goal was to find and produce crude oil in quantities sufficient to ensure commercial success for refining it into kerosene.
With the help of driller and blacksmith William Smith, Drake adapted and used salt well technology to drill for oil.
The effort paid off when the Drake well struck oil at 69.5 feet on August 27, 1859.
It attracted the first major wave of investment in oil drilling, refining and marketing.
