Question

Which of the following statements is FALSE? A. The first oil well drilled in Texas was in 1866 B. The first successful production of oil was in 1894. C. By the 1900s all of the major oil fields in Texas were in South east Texas. D. In 1902 there were 500 oil companies in the Beaumont area

Answer 1

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Answer 2

C. By the 1900s all of the major oil fields in Texas were in South east Texas

Explanation:

• During the early 20th century, the Texas oil boom, also called the gusher era, was a phase of rapid transition and economic prosperity in the U.S. state of Texas that coincided with the discovery of a massive petroleum reserve near Beaumont, Texas.
• On 12 September 1866, west of the Sabine River, Lyne Taliaferro Barret drilled the first Texas oil well. His exploration in Nacogdoches County did not yield commercial volumes in oil well; it remained idle for almost two decades, before others returned to Barret's oilfield.
• The first Texas oil rush came in the summer of 1894, when a drilling contractor employed by the town to search water finds the Corsicana oilfield. In 1984  Corsicana water well  ahd launched Lone Star petroleum industry.
• The big oil strikes that began the rapid growth of oil exploration and production took place of Southeast Texas, but soon deposits were discovered across Texas, and wells were established in EastTexas, North Texas,  and the Permian Basin in West Texas
• In 1902, Beaumont was host to more than 500 Texas companies doing business. Many of the major oil corporations were born at Spindletop, or as a result of their presence at Spindletop, they expanded to large corporate size.