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Col. Edwin Drake drilled the first commercial well in the US, in 1859. The link provides a history indicating that oil seeps (heavy oil which flows slowly to the surface) were observed long before Drake's well.
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∙ 15y agoOil has been in use for lamps for thousands of years. The names of the people who first started using oil are not recorded.
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What year was oil discovered in?
Oil was discovered in 1667
When the oil was discovered?
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