Both The American Petroleum Industry by William Daum in 1959 and Fifteen Centuries of Bitumen by R.J. Forbes in 1937 point out the invention of a tabular condenser used in the distillation of wine ...

Oil derricks at Spindletop, near Beaumont, in 1941. The modern petroleum industry was born on January 10, 1901 when the Lucas Gusher, Spindletop No. 1, started exploration on a grand scale. In ...

Oil was an important factor beyond the petroleum itself. “The oil industry triggered a series of industrial developments in California, which drove growth right through the 1950s,” Elkind said.

When the Drake Oil Well in Titusville, Pennsylvania began seeping crude oil 150 years ago, humanity allowed itself to become engulfed in the ecology of oil, according to a Penn State environmental ...

The history of oil has been shaped by statesmen, spies, scientists, journalists, entrepreneurs, and explorers. These are the 10 most influential of those figures.

The Petroleum Hall of Fame is comprised of 156 members including some of the most influential men and women in the history of the petroleum industry such as former Presidents George H.W. Bush and ...

Could the petroleum joyride -- cheap, abundant oil that has sent the global economy whizzing along with the pedal to the metal and the AC blasting for decades -- be coming to an end? Some ...

Coal and petroleum are the two major sources of energy that permitted the industrial development of the World in the 19 th and 20 th centuries respectively. The progressive passage from coal to oil in ...

Nova Scotia is giving offshore petroleum development another try.The joint provincial-federal offshore energy regulator ...

Romania proud of petroleum heritage THISyear marks 150 years since the birth of Romania's domestic oil industry. 18 October 2007 23:01 GMT Updated 18 October 2007 23:01 GMT ...