Oil in Texas Alex Luna

Melrose Nacogdoches County

Jul 14, 1866

Melrose, in Nacogdoches County, was the site in 1866 of the first drilled well to produce oil in Texas

Spindletop

Jan 14, 1901

Jan. 10, 1901, is the most famous date in Texas petroleum history.

Galveston Bay

Jul 14, 1908

The first offshore drilling was in shallow northern Galveston Bay, where the Goose Creek Field was discovered in 1908

Permian Basin

Jul 14, 1923

The Permian Basin of West Texas has yielded large quantities of oil since the Big Lake discovery in 1923