TODAY IN ENERGY HISTORY April 16, 2026 YALE REPORT SPARKS AMERICA’S OIL INDUSTRY On April 16, 1855, Yale chemist Benjamin Silliman Jr. published a landmark

TODAY IN ENERGY HISTORY April 15, 2026 GREATER SEMINOLE OIL FIELD DEVELOPMENT ACCELERATES On April 15, 1930, drilling surged across Oklahoma’s Greater Seminole Oil Field

TODAY IN ENERGY HISTORY April 14, 2026 DISCOVERY OF KUWAIT’S BURGAN OIL FIELD On April 14, 1937, exploratory drilling in Kuwait revealed the Burgan oil

TODAY IN ENERGY HISTORY April 13, 2026 EAST TEXAS OIL FIELD DISCOVERY On April 13, 1930, the Daisy Bradford No. 3 well in East Texas

TODAY IN ENERGY HISTORY April 10, 2026 THE BIRTH OF AN OIL EMPIRE On April 10, 1872, Standard Oil of Ohio (SOC) was formally incorporated,

TODAY IN ENERGY HISTORY April 9, 2026 AN ICON OF THE OIL PATCH IS BORN On April 9, 1966, the towering Golden Driller statue debuted