Spindletop

Spindletop

30° 01′ 09″ N 94° 04′ 26″ W / 30.01916667, -94.07388889

Puits de pétrole de Spindletop Hill en 1901

Le Spindletop est un puits de pétrole situé au sud de Beaumont au Texas. Il fut découvert le 10 janvier 1901. Avec 100 000 barils (16.000 m3) jours il était le plus important puits des États-Unis. Il était exploité par des filières de Chevron.

Bibliographie

  • McKinley, Fred B., and Greg Riley. Black Gold to Bluegrass: From the Oil Fields of Texas to Spindletop Farm of Kentucky, historical non-fiction, Austin: Eakin Press, 2005, (ISBN 1-4241-7751-0)

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