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1- Titusville, Pennsylvania - The first commercial well drilled in the United States
2- Spindletop, Texas -
Hailed as the "Birth of the Modern Oil Industry"
3- Signal Hill, California
- One of the most productive fields per acre the world has ever known

 

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The World of Oil

The Paleontological Research Institution
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Ithaca, NY 14850 phone: 607-273-6623 fax: 607-273-6620
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