Date Image Innovation Society
1929 “Slanted oil wells are the latest sensation of the oil industry,” reports May 1934 Popular Science Monthly article. Controlled Directional Drilling SPE
1859 Drake Oil Well Drake Oil Well SPE
1848 Workers digging an oil well by hand at Bibi-Eibat (Azerbaijan). World's First Oil Well SPE

We hope you enjoyed this essay.

Please support America's only magazine of the history of engineering and innovation, and the volunteers that sustain it with a donation to Invention & Technology.

Donate

Help us save
Stay informed - subscribe to our newsletter.
The subscriber's email address.