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150th Anniversary of the Oil Industry

27 August, 2009 (19:32) | philosophy | By: Arthur

Alex Epstein recently sent me this email, and I wanted to share it with whoever reads my blag: Dear friend or appreciator of petroleum, Today, August 27, 2009 is the 150th birthday of the oil industry. A century and a half ago, Edwin Drake successfully drilled the first commercial oil well. 150 years later, oil [...]