Talk:History of the petroleum industry

Standard Oil?
There is not a single mention of the words "Standard Oil" or "Rockefeller" in this article (as of 09/17/20).

This article needs needs major improvement.

JamesMadison (talk) 08:33, 18 September 2020 (UTC)

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 * Title	Bitumen and petroleum in antiquity
 * Author	Robert James Forbes
 * Publisher	E.J. Brill, 1936
 * Original from	the University of Michigan
 * Digitized	Dec 12, 2008
 * Length	109 pages
 * Subjects
 * 1) Bitumen
 * 2) Greek fire
 * 3) Petroleum
 * 4) Science, Ancient
 * some one with time could check this out and really improve the article J8079s (talk) 02:05, 14 August 2010 (UTC)

Ancient Chinese Oil Wells
The article currently states that wells were dug in China in the 300s "had depths of up to about 800 feet (240 m) and were drilled using bits attached to bamboo poles." While it seems entirely possible that oil was collected in China around this time, the depth seems extreme given the technology available at the time, and the limited uses for oil known then. Are there better sources that have more detailed information on oil in ancient China? Dialectric (talk) 15:08, 18 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Do more research about this, including its influences on that era. i think its worth to be included in this article if its could be written in more adequate words

River Issus
Are we sure it's not the river Pinarus (where the battle of Issus took place) and Issus is the village? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.228.187.106 (talk) 12:17, 13 August 2014 (UTC)

Modern history
It might be of interest to mention the oil wells in Alsace. The 1880 NYTime article "The oil wells in Alsace: A discovery made more than a century ago" is very interesting Gregopim (talk) 12:06, 13 January 2016 (UTC)

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