Talk:History of the petroleum industry

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Standard Oil?[edit]

There is not a single mention of the words "Standard Oil" or "Rockefeller" in this article (as of 09/17/20).

This article needs needs major improvement.

JamesMadison (talk) 08:33, 18 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

source[edit]

Bitumen and Petroleum in Antiquity. Brill Archive.

Title Bitumen and petroleum in antiquity
Author Robert James Forbes
Publisher E.J. Brill, 1936
Original from the University of Michigan
Digitized Dec 12, 2008
Length 109 pages
Subjects

Bitumen
Greek fire
Petroleum
Science, Ancient

some one with time could check this out and really improve the article J8079s (talk) 02:05, 14 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ancient Chinese Oil Wells[edit]

The article currently states that wells were dug in China in the 300s "had depths of up to about 800 feet (240 m) and were drilled using bits attached to bamboo poles." While it seems entirely possible that oil was collected in China around this time, the depth seems extreme given the technology available at the time, and the limited uses for oil known then. Are there better sources that have more detailed information on oil in ancient China? Dialectric (talk) 15:08, 18 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Do more research about this, including its influences on that era. i think its worth to be included in this article if its could be written in more adequate words

River Issus[edit]

Are we sure it's not the river Pinarus (where the battle of Issus took place) and Issus is the village? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.228.187.106 (talk) 12:17, 13 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Modern history[edit]

It might be of interest to mention the oil wells in Alsace. The 1880 NYTime article "The oil wells in Alsace: A discovery made more than a century ago" is very interesting Gregopim (talk) 12:06, 13 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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