1998
Gold was found as early as 1848 and Oil at that time had it been known of at all had no use, no demand and therefore no value.
It was first found in iran i think
Concerning the US, oil first was discovered in Pennsylvania. Later Ohio came into the picture. At one time Texas itself meant "oil" On the world stage I believe oil was first discovered in Greece.
The largest known oil reserves in Russia at this time are found in Siberia.
Oil has been coming out of the ground for thousands of years and people have fount many uses for it aside from the things we use it for now.
I n Pennsylvania
Petrolia, Ontario, Canada
the first time an oil well was drilled in 1853 in Poland
Oil was first found in Spindletop
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was first found in babalon about 4000 yrs ago and was used for asphalt, the first oil wells were created in china around 350ce
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