OIL QUIZ
- Did you know that the first commercial oil well was drilled in western Pennsylvania 150 years ago spawning the petroleum industry as we know it today? Venago County is now known as the Valley that Changed the World as told in new documentary film produced by WQED Multimedia & The Oil Region Alliance. www.oilregion.org
- Did you know that the use of oil has been documented in the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Persia, Sumeria, Assyria and China? Oil was used to waterproof boats, embalm pharaohs, grease chariot axles and for medicinal purposes. The Chinese used bamboo pipelines and transported oil & gas in (Chinese) junks, the precursor to the modern supertanker (?).
- Did you know that Native Americans introduced the early settlers to petroleum products and how to collect it using blankets & ladles?
- Did you know that the quest to drill for oil was fueled by the high cost of whale oil for lighting? The price was topping $100/barrel and the whale population had been been gravely depleted.
- Did you know that the oil tanker RR car was invented by Amos & James Densmore to haul oil from wells in NW Pennsylvania?
Why the backwoods of Pennsylvania ??????????????????? (See Birthplace of Oil Industry)
www.oil150.com
www.oilregion.org
www.drakewell.org
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Did you know: I am glad for oil exploration.
Did you know: I am glad that 50 years earlier the United States was born.
Did you know: I am so thankful I was born in the USA of USA citizens.
Did you know: I love my country.
Did you know: I welcome anyone to come here who loves this country.
Did you know: And it could go on and on.