Black gold team 2001--- Angela Beaudrow, Jonathan Piitz, Tammy Auranen --- omcchin@ebtech.net
Lambton County Proud
Our "Firsts" in the Oil Industry
| 1834 |
The world's first purchase of property for its oil reserves |
| 1854 |
World's first petroleum company |
| 1858 |
First refinery in Canada |
| 1860 |
Canada's first successful drilled well |
| 1860 |
The first oil paper in Canada established |
| 1860 |
Largest gas well ever opened in Ontario |
| 1860 |
The greatest flowing well in Canada's history |
| 1860 |
World's first oil exchange |
| 1862 |
First gusher in North America |
| 1862 |
First Main Street lit by kerosene in Dominion of Canada |
| 1866 |
First Canadian well 'torpedoed' with nitroglycerine |
| 1955 |
Largest petro-chemical complex in the Commonwealth |
| 1955 |
First secondary oil recovery program |
| 1989 |
First attempt to 'mine' oil in Canada | | |