490 years BC in china in a town called sichuan
The first oil well was discovered in Azerbaijan in 1848.
It is estimated that the Macondo Prospect oil field had reserves of around 50 million barrels of oil when it was discovered in 2009.
Oil was first discovered in the ancient Near East around 4,000 years ago. The first recorded use of oil was for medicinal purposes and later for waterproofing boats. The modern oil industry began in the mid-19th century with the drilling of the first oil well in Pennsylvania in 1859.
Nitrogen was discovered in 1772 by Daniel Rutherford
A large oil reserve was last discovered in 2010 with the announcement of the Santos Basin offshore Brazil, known as the Libra field. This discovery was estimated to hold between 8 to 12 billion barrels of recoverable oil.
Oil was discovered in 1667
Technically, oil was not invented. It was discovered around the year of 1859.
1956
Oil was discovered in Nigeria in 1956
While it is unknown who actually discovered oil in Pennsylvania, Colonel Edwin Drake drilled the first oil well there. The year was 1859 and the oil boom began.
Only about 20,000 barrels of oil is made every year. Well actually oil is not made but discovered it actually takes millions of years for oil to be made.
Yes! in the year 1933.
It was discovered in 1938.
New reserves of oil are being discovered all the time.
Oil was originally discovered in the 60's, I believe by the John Mecom Oil company from Texas.
In 1914 oil was discovered in the Lake Maracaibo
Oloibiri Oilfield was discovered in 1955. It is Nigeria's first commercial oil discovery. The discovery ended 50 years of unsuccessful oil exploration in the country by various companies and launched Nigeria into the limelight of Petro-State.