Where was the world’s first oil-well drilled in the nineteenth century?

  • A. Baku in Russia
  • B. Titusville in Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
  • C. Digboi in Assam, India
  • D. Dhahran in Saudi Arabia

Correct Answer: B. Titusville in Pennsylvania, U.S.A. (1859)

The world’s first oil-well drilled in Titusville in Pennsylvania, the 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.

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