Where was the first commercial oil well in the world discovered?

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Where was the first commercial oil well in the world discovered?

2007-11-03 08:30:40 · 4 answers · asked by hunter_4_truth 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History

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the first commercial oil well in the world was not discovered, it was created.

2007-11-03 08:46:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

Asia in 1848. The one in Pennsylvania was the first for the United States.

2007-11-03 15:41:02 · answer #2 · answered by staisil 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋

It was discovered in Titusville ,Pa in 1859 by a man named Drake in which the oil well is named after Drake's Mills

2007-11-03 15:42:15 · answer #3 · answered by Dave aka Spider Monkey 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋

http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateParks/parks/oilcreek.aspx
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~shaw/FWEparts/OilCrk.htm#HDR2

This is the most info I can find. Hope it helps!

2007-11-03 15:37:57 · answer #4 · answered by munkeefud 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋