History of the petroleum industry
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History of the petroleum industry
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While the local use of oil goes back many centuries, the modern petroleum industry along with its outputs and modern applications are of a recent origin. Petroleum's status as a key component of politics, society, and technology has its roots in the coal and kerosene industry of the late 19th century. One of the earliest instances of this is the refining of paraffin from crude oil. Abraham Gesner developed a process to refine a liquid fuel from coal, bitumen and oil shale; it burned more cleanly
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_petroleum_industry
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2007-03-09T23:47:10Z
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2024-08-27T06:47:33Z
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