Gathers the historical-figure entities profiled for their role in the oil and petroleum industry, including the wildcatters and engineers who developed drilling and refining technology and the entrepreneurs who built major oil enterprises, such as John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil. Each entry covers a specific individual rather than an oil field, a refinery or a company, which are filed under their own respective types elsewhere in the atlas.
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1. Edwin Drake - Wikipedia
WikipediaDrake Well, 27 August 1859Quote, Drake Well, 27 August 1859
On August 27, 1859, Drake had persevered and his drill bit had reached a total depth of 69.5 feet (21.2 m).
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