Pennsylvania once provided 1/3 of the world's oil. The result? 200,000 abandoned and explosive oil wells.
Petroleum Service Company
on Aug 02 2016
In March of 1848, a Mormon merchant named Samuel Brannan confirmed the discovery of vast amounts of …
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Petroleum Service Company on Jul 29 2016
There was once a drawer in your kitchen that served a higher purpose. It held forks, knives, an…
Petroleum Product of the Week
Petroleum Service Company on Jul 29 2016
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Petroleum Service Company on Jul 28 2016
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Petroleum Service Company on Jul 26 2016
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Petroleum Service Company on Jul 26 2016
Beat the heat before it beats you As heat waves once again sweep our nation—continually expandin…
Petroleum Product of the Week: Petroleum Jelly
Petroleum Service Company on Jul 22 2016
This may be a little obvious, but in case anyone was wondering, petroleum jelly is actually made …
Petroleum Product of the Week
Petroleum Service Company on Jul 22 2016
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Trash vs. Treasure: Creatively Reusing Plastic Bottles
Petroleum Service Company on Jul 20 2016
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Petroleum Service Company on Jul 20 2016
We all know the familiar idiom, One man's trash is another man's treasure. The impl…
How America helped create the trillion-dollar Saudi Arabian Oil Industry
Petroleum Service Company on Jul 19 2016
September 1933, a few miles inland from the Persian Gulf, near Jubail, Saudi Arabia. Two American …
Industry
Petroleum Service Company on Jul 19 2016
September 1933, a few miles inland from the Persian Gulf, near Jubail, Saudi Arabia. Two American …
Petroleum Product of the Week: Foil Balloons
Petroleum Service Company on Jul 15 2016
It's all fun and games until the foil balloons cause power outages across the state of California...…
Petroleum Product of the Week
Petroleum Service Company on Jul 15 2016
It's all fun and games until the foil balloons cause power outages across the state of California...…
How Iron Man (and the media) have twisted our perception of bionics and how they're actually HELPFUL
Petroleum Service Company on Jul 14 2016
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Lubricants
Petroleum Service Company on Jul 14 2016
The 21st century has a habit of realizing science-fiction prophecies of the past. Early and mid-…
