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4000 BCE
The Discovery of Oil
On the banks of the Euphrates River, some explorers find the site of and oil seep which is known locally as “the fountains of pitch.” -
738 BCE
Glass Grenades and Oil Barrels
Oil Barrels: Oil Barrels were usually put into a catapult to be fired toward enemies and whilst in the air shot by a flaming arrow. Glass Grenades: Glass grenades were little compressed peices of iron filled with oil, glass and a match at the end. The Syrians would light the match and chuck it over walls shooting hot peices of glass and oil at enemies. Used at the invasion of israel -
1519
Mona Lisa
The world’s most famous oil painting was painted by an artist named Lionardo Da Vinci shortly before he died. -
The use of whale oil
Whale oil, also called train oil, any oil taken from any species of whale, including sperm oil from sperm whales, train oil from baleen whales, and melon oil from small toothed whales. From the 16th century through the 19th century, whale oil was used principally as lamp fuel and for producing soap -
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The First/Second Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution was a time when the manufacturing of goods moved from small shops and homes to large factories. This shift brought about changes in culture as people moved from rural areas to big cities in order to work. It also introduced new technologies, new types of transportation, and a different way of life for many. -
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The Pennsylvania Oil Rush
The Pennsylvania oil rush was a boom in petroleum production which occurred in northwestern Pennsylvania from 1859 to the early 1870s. It was the first oil boom in the United States. -
Invention of Ashphalt
Professor Edward J. de Smedt invented modern road asphalt in 1870 at Columbia University after emigrating from Belgium. He called it "sheet asphalt pavement" but it became known as French asphalt pavement. -
First Ever Hybrid Car
Immisch & Company built a four-passenger carriage, powered by a one-horsepower motor and 24-cell battery, for the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. The car was both electric and petrol powered. -
Starry Night
The Starry Night is an oil on canvas by the Dutch post-impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh. -
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Ixtoc 1 Oil Spill
Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well in the Bay of Campeche of the Gulf of Mexico, on the 3rd of June 1979, the well suffered a blowout resulting in one of the largest oil spills in history -
The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
Nearly five million barrels of oil was gushed from BP’s well and about 800,000 were been recovered by containment efforts since the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded. Making it the largest oil spill ever. -
Diagram of an Oil well
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Diagram of a Oil Engine
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When the world will run out of petrol
It is said that oil and petrol is set to last for hundreds of years but, if we step up the production of petrol we would run out by 2088 -
Bibliography(not all of it since I ran out of space)
Online Links
https://www.britannica.com/technology/whale-oil
https://10mosttoday.com/10-most-famous-paintings-in-the-world/
https://www.britannica.com/event/Industrial-Revolution
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_petroleum_industry
Books
Oil and Gas Production in Nontechnical Ways- Martin S. Raymond
Managed Pressure Drilling- Bill Rehm
Nontechnical Guide to Petroleum Geology, Exploration, Drilling and Production- Norman J. Hyne
From Oil to Gas- Shannon Zemlika -
Thanks Mr Bertolacci for teaching me this year.
I'm glad I got to have you as a teacher and I really hope to have you again, I feel rather sad that I might not have you next year but I am still grateful that I had you this year. I still remember the first thing you said on the first day as well it was "forget everything you know, because what you might know and love could not be real and if you don't understand me, watch the matrix." You're the best science teacher ever and I hope you have a great holiday!!!
