This Week in Petroleum History, November 3 – 9
November 3, 1878 – Natural Gas is King in Pittsburgh –
While drilling for oil in 1878, a well drilled by Michael and Obediah Haymaker erupted with natural gas from a depth of almost 1,400 feet. “Every piece of rigging went sky high, whirling around like so much paper caught in a gust of wind. But instead of oil, we had struck gas,” Michael Haymaker recalled. (more…)
