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Whale Oil
Whales are used as the main source of oil in the U.S. -
Rock Oil
George Bissell realizes that "rock oil" could be used as an energy source -
Oil Struck
Oil is first sruck in Pennsylvania -
Rockefeller & Standard Oil
John D. Rockefeller founds an oil refining company that would become Standard Oil -
Fodel T Ford
Henry Ford introduces the Model T - first automobile -
Texas becomes America's oil capital
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Oil is discovered in Iran
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Standard Oil Monopoly
The Supreme Court rules that Standard Oil is a monopoly -
Oil discovered in Saudi Arabia
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OPEC is formed
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OPEC embargo
OPEC institutes a 5 month oil embargo causing a major crisis in the West
