Pennsylvania Grade Crude Oil
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Pennsylvania Grade Crude Oil is a type of sweet
Background
The area's Pennsylvania Grade Crude Oil has superior qualities and is free of asphaltic constituents, contains only trace amounts of sulfur and nitrogen, and has excellent characteristics for refining into lubricants. The success of drilling for oil at this well led to "an international search for petroleum, and in many ways eventually changed the way we live."[1] There is archaeological evidence that Native Americans harvested "the oil for medicinal purposes by digging small pits around active seeps and lining them with wood" at least as far back as 1410 AD.[1] European settlers skimmed the "oil from the seeps and using the petroleum as a source of lamp fuel and machinery lubrication."[1]
Pennsylvania grade crude oil can be broken down into
Pennsylvania grade crude oil is thermally stable and has a high
Products refined from this type of oil are particularly prized as lubricants and many oil companies prominently display the fact that they use Pennsylvania Grade crude oil in their products.
Bradford, Pennsylvania is major center for the refining of Pennsylvania grade crude oil.
Pennsylvania Grade Crude Oil: the first well
Pennsylvania Grade Crude Oil was first extracted from the Drake Well, which was drilled by Edwin Drake in "the middle of quiet farm country in northwestern Pennsylvania" in 1859. It was the "first successful oil well that was drilled for the sole purpose of finding oil."[1] His success led to "an international search for petroleum, and in many ways eventually changed the way we live."[1]
Pennsylvania Grade Crude Oil: the first oil boom
With the success of the first drilled well, in the quiet farming region around
Bradford
The community of Bradford emerged as a wild oil boom town in the Pennsylvania oil rush in the late 19th century. In 1881, Joseph Newton Pew (1848–1912), founder of Sun Oil Company (now Sunoco) developed the Keystone Gas Company[2] which used the by-products of oil, such as natural gas, to provide heat and light for By 1889 Newton's Keystone Gas Company was delivering gas to Pittsburgh.
Bradford is still a major center for the refining of Pennsylvania grade crude oil.
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "The Story of Oil in Pennsylvania", The Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca, NY, nd, archived from the original on 27 December 2017, retrieved 29 January 2015
- ^ "The Pew Legacy", Grove City College: Because Faith and Freedom Matter, 7 February 2013, retrieved 29 January 2015