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When did oil begin to be used as a fuel?

Unrefined oil is called crude oil. Oil deposits are deep underground. Oil is extracted by drilling the earth's surface. In some places, oil breaks through the surface of the Earth, through cracks in its crust. Such sources of oil could be easily detected by a person. So crude oil from surface deposits was known to ancient man. It was this oil that burned in lamps and torches.

The real history of oil began in the XNUMXth century. The Industrial Revolution demanded better fuel for lamps to light new factories. In the United States, oil has been close to the surface in many places. It has been used as a medicine.

The first who guessed to drill the earth in order to extract oil was a New York lawyer George Bissell. He sent samples of Pennsylvania crude oil to Yale University scientist Benjamin Silliman. Silliman determined that oil was the source of many useful products: fuel for lamps, lubricating oils, gases for illumination, paraffin wax for candles, etc. Silliman's message convinced businessmen that money could be made from oil. Bissell hired a man, Edwin Drake, to drill for oil near Titusville, Pennsylvania.

On August 27, 1859, oil was produced. The news spread quickly. People rushed to buy or rent land where oil could lie. The race for oil began, the oil fever. It swept over many parts of the United States, Canada, Europe. Petroleum products found new uses, for example, they began to be used as fuel. The demand for oil grew. Today, the search for new oil fields around the world continues.

Author: Likum A.

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