More than 1,000 years ago.
Edwin Drake drilled the first oil well in 1859 near Titusville, P.A.
Edwin Drake drilled the first oil well in 1859 near Titusville, P.A.
John D. Rockefeller
The state of Pennsylvania
Wayne County, Kentucky in 1819
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.
Oil was first discovered in the country of Iran in 1908. This discovery marked the beginning of the modern oil industry in the Middle East.
Kerosene
in 1886
1932
The first oil well was discovered in Azerbaijan in 1848.
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.
The first five states werent discovered they were founded
This oil Well was the first in the US.
The oil was first discovered in 1963, but they didn't start getting it up before 1966. June 27, 1966, Esso Exploration Norway Inc. got the first oil up from the ocean.
Ancient people used petroleum seeps from pre-historic times. Oil was first discovered in the United States in Titusville, Pennsylvania, in the Oil Creek Valley when Colonel Edwin L. Drake struck oil there on August 27, 1859.
There have been thousands of oil spills in history, ever since oil was first discovered.