Q32
Where was the world's first oil-well drilled in the nineteenth century ?
A.
Baku in Russia.
B.
Titusville in Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
AnswerC.
Digboi in Assam, India
D.
Dhahran in Saudi Arabia
Answer: Option B
Solution
Answer: Option B
Solution:
The world's first oil-well drilled in Titusville in Pennsylvania, U.S.A. in the nineteenth century. On August 27, 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.