Q78
The first oil well in the world was drilled at
A.
Assam
B.
Japan
C.
Pensylvania
AnswerD.
Former USSR
Answer: Option C
Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
The first oil well in the world was drilled at Pensylvania. On August 28, 1859, George Bissell and Edwin L. Drake made the first successful use of a drilling rig on a well drilled especially to produce oil, at a site on Oil Creek near Titusville, Pennsylvania.