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1848 Workers digging an oil well by hand at Bibi-Eibat (Azerbaijan). World's First Oil Well Bibi-Heybat Baku Azerbaijan
1878 First Oil Tanker First Oil Tanker Bibi-Heybat Baku Azerbaijan
1859 Drake Oil Well Drake Oil Well Titusville PA USA
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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