'EVOLUTION OF OIL PRODUCTION PRACTICES IN THREE SELECTED ONTARIO OIL RESERVOIRS'

摘要

1. 1854: Charles Nelson Tripp mined "asphaltum" beds on surface and distilled it to make lighting oil 2. 1858: James Miller Williams purchased some of Charles Tripp s oil lands and dug a water well to 49' and struck oil (200-250 gallons/day) 3. 1861-1862: Hugh Nixon Shaw After depleting his working capital of $50 and all his credit, on January 16 1862 Shaw struck oil at about 200 and the well flowed over 100 000 bbls before the flow could was stopped with a packer of green calfskin filled with flax.