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  2. Black Gold (TV series) - Wikipedia

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    Black Gold is a reality-documentary television series that chronicles three oil drilling rigs in Andrews County, Texas, [1] 30 miles northwest of Odessa. It was partly produced by Thom Beers, [2] creator of Deadliest Catch and Ice Road Truckers. [3] The Black Gold theme song was sung by country music star Trace Adkins. The title "Black Gold ...

  3. Niko Resources - Wikipedia

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    The D6 block was the largest natural gas discovery in company history, currently it also includes a gas processing plant (the block also includes the MA oil fields). Mining licenses expire in 2028. Contributed 85% of revenue in the quarter ended June 2011. Natural gas produced is purchased under long-term contracts and sold on the spot market.

  4. Richfield Oil Corporation - Wikipedia

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    This 12 story black and gold Art Deco building was completed in 1929. This building served as Richfield's headquarters for many years. It was demolished in 1968. Opening of the California Carson Oil Refinery in 1938. [12] The Richfield Oil Corp was the first to discover commercial quantities of oil in the state of Alaska.

  5. Glenn Pool Oil Reserve - Wikipedia

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    The discovery of the Glenn Pool Oil Reserve in 1905 brought the first major oil pipelines into Oklahoma, and instigated the first large scale oil boom in the state. Located near what was—at the time—the small town of Tulsa, Oklahoma, the resultant establishment of the oil fields in the area contributed greatly to the early growth and success of the city, as Tulsa became the petroleum and ...

  6. History of oil in California through 1930 - Wikipedia

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    Elkind, Sarah S. "Oil in the City: The Fall and Rise of Oil Drilling in Los Angeles," Journal of American History (2012) 99#1 pp 82–90 online Quam-Wickham, Nancy. "'Cities Sacrificed on the Altar of Oil': Popular Opposition to Oil Development in 1920s Los Angeles," Environmental History (April 1998) 3#2 pp 189–209.

  7. Oil well - Wikipedia

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    "Black Gold" Popular Mechanics, January 1930 – photo article on oil drilling in the 1920s and 1930s "World's Deepest Well" Popular Science, August 1938, article on the late 1930s technology of drilling oil wells; Brief history of oil and gas production; Mir-Babayev M.F. "Brief history of the first drilled oil well; and the people involved".

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  9. History of the petroleum industry - Wikipedia

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    Oil field in California, 1938. The modern history of petroleum began in the nineteenth century with the refining of paraffin from crude oil. The Scottish chemist James Young in 1847 noticed a natural petroleum seepage in the Riddings colliery at Alfreton, Derbyshire from which he distilled a light thin oil suitable for use as lamp oil, at the same time obtaining a thicker oil suitable for ...