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The first commercial oil well was drilled in Pennsylvania in 1859. The longest wells now stretch more than 13 kilometres through the rock.
First appeared1859 (167 yrs ago)
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The first commercial oil well was drilled in Pennsylvania in 1859. The longest wells now stretch more than 13 kilometres through the rock.
From the big bang to oil well
The most direct chain from the start of the universe, following what things are made from and, for living things, what they evolved from. Each step shows when it first appeared.
big bang13.8 bn yrs ago
Lilithium13.8 bn yrs ago
concretec. 300 BCE
oil well1859