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Ohio oil production peaked in 1896 at 24 million barrels, but Ohio continued as the leading oil state until 1902, when that title was taken by Oklahoma. [4] The Trenton limestone produced more than 380 million barrels of oil and 2 trillion cubic feet of gas, peaking in 1896 at 23.9 million barrels of oil.
Standard Oil refinery in Cleveland, 1899. Ohio was a world leader in oil production in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The Ohio oil and natural gas industries employ 14,400 citizens, resulting in $730 million in wages. The industries paid $202 million in royalties to landowners, and $84 million in free energy. [7]
Oil production in a region of Ohio better known for natural gas is surging, making the state one of the nation's largest oil producers. Ohio hits gusher as oil production surges to new highs Skip ...
Ohio Wesleyan is a private independent liberal arts college located in the heart of Delaware. Ohio Wesleyan University enrolls approximately 1,950 students from 40 states and more than 50 countries. Due to high enrollment of minority and international students at the university, it has influenced the international, ethnic and religious ...
The state Oil and Gas Commission has sided with the Department of Natural Resources in a case involving who should pay for a $1.3 million environmental cleanup caused by a leak from an Ohio ...
Husky is a part of Canadian oil company Cenovus, the largest refiner in the state. It owns the refineries in Lima and Oregon in northwest Ohio. The company has 1,200 employees in Ohio, and says it ...
The Standard Oil Company (Ohio) was an American petroleum company that existed from 1870 to 1987. The company, known commonly as Sohio , was founded by John D. Rockefeller . [ 4 ] [ 2 ] It was established as one of the separate entities created after the 1911 breakup.
Lac-Mégantic rail disaster, a Montreal, Maine and Atlantic freight train carrying crude oil derailed, resulting in an explosion which killed 47; 1986 Miamisburg train derailment, a Baltimore and Ohio freight train derailment resulting in release of hazardous chemicals and the largest mass evacuation in Ohio history