Cincinnati PR

Sloopy isn’t just hangin’ on.

The old girl has drilled more than 273,000 natural gas and crude oil wells in 76 of Ohio’s 88 counties.

The first discovery of crude oil in the U.S. was made in 1814 in Macksburg, Ohio, when Silas Thomas and Robert McKee were drilling for salt which, at the time, was an extremely valuable commodity for preserving food.

Up until the 1860s, the burning fluid of choice in Ohio was …. whale oil.

Whale oil.

So … Block the Casbah:

In 1860, the Macksburg/Dexter well became the first commercial crude oil well drilled in the state. Production began in 1884.

By the end of the 19th Century, the Buckeye State had established itself as one of the leading states in crude oil and natural gas production.

Perhaps a new recruitment tool.

Are you listening, Jim Tressell?