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Date Image Innovation City State Country
1848 Workers digging an oil well by hand at Bibi-Eibat (Azerbaijan). World's First Oil Well Bibi-Heybat Baku Azerbaijan
1859 Drake Oil Well Drake Oil Well Titusville PA USA
1878 First Oil Tanker First Oil Tanker Bibi-Heybat Baku Azerbaijan
1929 “Slanted oil wells are the latest sensation of the oil industry,” reports May 1934 Popular Science Monthly article. Controlled Directional Drilling Conroe TX USA
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