Description: introduction for the oil history
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i NTRODUCTION
There is no doubt that oil -- or black gold -- as it is referred to, has a profound impact on modern civilization.
Although the earliest known oil wells were drilled in China way back in 347 AD, it was only in the second half of the 1800s when oil was drilled on 27th August 1859 from Titusville, Pennsylvania, USA that resulted in large scale oil extractions in the USA and other counties, particularly in the Middle East.