These moments are entertaining, no doubt, but they also paint a picture of an industry driven by constant danger and high-octane action. Yet, for all its thrilling moments, the reality of the oil ...

SAN ANTONIO – The oil industry has always been a major part of Texas history and now you can look back at some historical photos showing what it used to look like 100+ years ago.. According to ...

Petroleum’s rich history dates back thousands of years. The modern oil industry is said to have started in 1859 with the opening of Edwin Drake’s well near Titusville, Pennsylvania, the same ...

A Short Picture History of Gas Stations Gas stations have evolved a lot from their humble roots. Kat Eschner. December 1, 2017. ... writes the American Oil and Gas Historical Society.

But the oil and gas industry doesn’t need to win the fight in the long term. It just needs to win right now so it can keep developing oil and gas fields that will be in use for decades to come.

Before that, the oil industry was marked by wild swings in the usefulness and market value of the resource. Here are 15 surprising facts about the history of oil, according to Daniel Yergin's 1991 ...

Since 2007, when TXOGA first started compiling this data, the Texas oil and natural gas industry has paid more than $230.3 billion in state and local taxes and state royalties, a figure that does ...

Despite no fracking happening in Florida, oil and gas production is already a $23 billion industry. The current industry creates nearly 300,000 jobs in the state.

How the oil and gas industry influences higher education Published: September 8, 2024 8:43am EDT • Updated: September 10, 2024 9:01am EDT Emily Eaton , University of Regina , Jennie C. Stephens ...

Twenty-five of the state’s 75 counties produce either oil or gas, and some 33,000 people are employed in that production. Arkansas is a landlocked state, but some Arkansans even work on offshore ...