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Petroleum History Articles

• This Week in Petroleum History, May 13 – May 19
• A Kansas Natural Gas Museum
• This Week in Petroleum History, May 6 – May 12
• Oklahoma’s Conoco & Phillips Petroleum Museums
• The Week in Petroleum History, April 29 – May 5
• Ohio Offshore Wells
• Offshore Petroleum History
• An 1869 Offshore Rig Patent
• This Week in Petroleum History, April 22 – 28
• Is my Old Oil Stock worth Anything?
• H.L. Hunt and the East Texas Oilfield
• Mobil’s High-Flying Trademark
• Shooters – A “Fracking” History
• This Week in Petroleum History, April 15 – 21
• Discovering Oklahoma Oil
• Downhole Bazooka
• Cantankerous Combustion – 1st U.S. Auto Show
• All Pumped Up – Oilfield Technology
• Discovering the La Brea “Tar Pits”
• This Week in Petroleum History, April 8 – 14
• Densmore Brothers Oil Tank Car
• John Wilkes Booth and his Dramatic Oil Company
• Ending Oil Gushers — BOP
• This Week in Petroleum History, April 1 to April 7
• This Week in Petroleum History – March 25 to March 31
• World Famous “Wild Mary Sudik”
• Indiana Natural Gas Boom
• The Blue Flame – Natural Gas Rocket Car
• This Week in Petroleum History – March 18 to March 24
• This Week in Petroleum History – March 11 to March 17
• Kentucky’s Great American Well
• This Week in Petroleum History – March 4 to March 10
• Petroleum Product Hoopla
• This Week in Petroleum History – February 25 to March 3
• Petroleum’s Silky Nylon Fiber