print email comment close Oil150 URL: http://www.oil150.com/ Description: "'Oil 150' is the official website of the 150th anniversary celebration of the oil industry, which occurs in 2009" and which commemorates when Colonel Edwin Drake drilled the first successful commercial well in northwestern Pennsylvania in 1859. "This site ... [provides] information on anniversary events, educational materials, historical places to visit, commemorative items, and more." Includes essays on people, places, and technology. From a Pennsylvania oil industry and tourism group. Publisher: Oil Region Alliance of Business, Industry & Tourism Extra Keywords petroleum gasoline LII Database Information: Record 27431 created by Maria Brandt on 12/09/2008 Last modification on 12/22/2008 Published: 01/21/2009   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/27431