Talk:Petroleum industry in Ohio

confused article
This article combines and confuses two separate oil booms, separate in time, distant in location, and different in geology, sharing only the same state. The first boom was in the 1860s in the Appalachian Basin of southeast Ohio. The second boom was in the 1880s, along the Cincinatti Arch, and straddling the Indiana-Ohio border (see the somewhat misnamed article Indiana Gas Boom. Perhaps this article should be renamed Petroleum industry in Ohio or something similar. Plazak (talk) 14:27, 15 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Page moved per above. Plazak (talk) 16:40, 21 March 2013 (UTC)

Expansion of Article
Although the oil and gas were available in large amounts during the “boom,” profits would not have been made without consideration for advertisement and efficiency. Because of all the frantic thinking that goes on during those times, proper techniques were not incorporated, and the resources soon wore down. Extra tidbits are included as well, because I feel this information is important to the article and should be added.

Natural Gas

The usefulness of natural gas was not discovered until the 1880’s. Up until then, it was considered a “nuisance.” Findlay was “the gas capital of Ohio in late 1885.”

Original Uses

In 1814, oil was originally marketed as “cure-all” medicine. It was dug out of salt brine wells in southeast Ohio.

The “Oil Boom”

Even though drilling had been done for years (already included in article), the “boom” of northwest Ohio’s oil industry did not start until the discovery of the Lima/Indiana oil field. Ohio produced more oil than any other state from 1895 to 1903.

Production Waste

In northwest Ohio, the production of oil was relatively new. The lack of knowledge about the field of industry led to poor management. In turn, it led to much waste during production, resulting in the end of the “oil boom.”

Advertisement

Because of the boom of the industry, oil was being sold by a large number of businesses which made witty advertising essential. An early marketing technique, used from the 1880’s to the 1900’s, was Victorian trade cards.

Sources

--Ezrayoung95 (talk) 19:37, 20 March 2013 (UTC)