Author: Raymond Silliman BlatchleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Petroleum
Languages : en
Pages : 3
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The Illinois Oil Fields in 1910
Author: Raymond Silliman BlatchleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Petroleum
Languages : en
Pages : 3
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Illinois Oil and Gas
Author: Jeff A. SpencerPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467109649
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
The search for petroleum in Illinois occurred years before the boom days of the early 1900s. Wells were first drilled in 1865 near the town of Casey and then in other areas within the state for the next 40 years with very limited success. Renewed interest in the Casey area resulted in an oil discovery in 1905, followed by significant discoveries in Crawford and Lawrence Counties in 1906, pushing the state's oil production that year to 4.4 million barrels. Towns near the oil fields, such as Oblong, Robinson, Casey, Lawrenceville, and Bridgeport, experienced rapid population growth. Oil refineries near Chicago and St. Louis and in southeastern Illinois provided additional employment. The discovery of the Salem oil field in Marion County in 1938 initiated a major oil boom. By 1940, Illinois ranked third in the nation in oil production, providing a boast to the Allied forces' effort in Europe. Illinois continues to contribute to the petroleum industry of the United States, ranking fourth in crude oil refining and 16th in oil production.
Yearbook for 1910
Author: Illinois State Geological SurveyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Coal gasification
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Report Upon Illinois Oil Fields
Author: Illinois State Geological SurveyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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The Illinois Oil Fields
Author: Illinois State Geological SurveyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 26
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Oil Investigations in Illinois in 1914
Author: Illinois State Geological SurveyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Coal
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
The Oakland City, Indiana, oil field in 1910
Author: Ralph F. BlatchleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Petroleum
Languages : en
Pages : 65
Book Description
Bulletin
Author: Illinois State Geological SurveyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Year-book for ...
Author: Illinois State Geological SurveyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geological surveys
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Petroleum Industry in Illinois in 1955; Illinois State Geological Survey Bulletin No. 81
Author: A H (Alfred Hannam) B 1895 BellPublisher: Hassell Street Press
ISBN: 9781015030701
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
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