Petroleum Age - Vol. 5 No. 1

March 2008

In this issue: Hollywood Goes Roughneck - Among the screen credits for the movie "There Will Be Blood" are oil and gas museums, where filmakers researched the oil industry. Azerbaijanis Visit Museums - The Azerbaijan Republic is creating an oil history museum and energy education center in Baku. In February, AOGHS hosts delegates on a tour of museums in Texas and Oklahoma. Cantankerous Combustion - Of the 4,200 U.S. automobiles sold in 1900, gasoline powered less than 1,000. In November of that year, America's first national automobile show opens in New York's Madison Square Garden.

Petroleum Age - Vol. 4 No. 4

December 2007

In this issue: Centennial Issue - A stamp issued in 1959 celebrated the 100th anniversary of  Col. Edwin L. Drake's  world-changing discovery. Texas Holiday Lights - The East Texas oilfield discovered in 1930 prepares for the holidays by illuminating historic derricks. Oilfield Historian Honored - President Bush presents a National Humanities Medal to Pauline Schultz.

Petroleum Age - Vol. 4 No. 3

September 2007

In this issue: Sign of the Times Saved - The spinning Union 76 balls that debuted at the 1962 World's Fair in Seattle to be donated to museums. Pennsylvania Oilfield Ingenuity - A 19th Century oilfield steam engine converted to run on compressed air illustrates oilmens' ingenuity. Oil Mansions & Museums - Oklahoma towns are homes to the mansions of legendary oilmen.

Petroleum Age - Vol. 4 No. 2

June 2007

In this issue: The Art & Science of Energy Education - Highlights of the 2007 Energy Education Conference & Field Trip. Oklahoma Oil Patch Tour - Stops at oil museums in Seminole and Drumright. Asphalt Paves the Way - How residue from the refining process changed America.

Petroleum Age - Vol. 4 No. 1

March 2007

In this issue: Flight of the Woolaroc - Pilot Arthur Goebel Jr. and oilman Frank Phillips make aviation history with the newly developed high-octane gasoline. Oil Patch Preservationists - Local preservationists discuss the 1882 "Mystery Well" near Cherry Grove, Pennsylvania. Unlocking the Energy of Oil - New exhibit at the Texas Energy Museum.

Petroleum Age - Vol. 3 No. 4

December 2006

In this issue: Celebrating the Story of the American Oil Industry - A national logo is created for the sesquicentennial of the birth of the oil and natural gas industry. Million Barrel Museum - In the heart of the Permian Basin, 40 miles west of Odessa, there is an oil museum like no other. The 42-Gallon Oil Barrel - Why did early oilmen choose the 42-gallon barrel for transporting their product?

Petroleum Age - Vol. 3 No. 3

September 2006

In this issue: Congress Considers Oil History - Legislation was introduced to establish a federal commission promoting the 150th anniversary of America's first oil discovery in 1859. Making Hole - Drilling or "making hole" has evolved many fascinating technologies that pry into the earth's secrets. Fort Worth Energy Exhibit - The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History plans for a new exhibit.

Petroleum Age - Vol. 3 No. 2

June 2006

In this issue: Deep "Fishing" - The history of the term "fishing" -- retrieving obstructions from deep in a well's borehole. Discover Panhandle-Plains Museum - The museum in Canyon, Texas has programs for schoolchildren and university students. Arkansas' Smackover Oil Museum - The museum showcases the history of the early 1900s boomtown.

Petroleum Age - Vol. 3 No. 1

March 2006

In this issue: Last of the Gushers - In 1922, it took a Texas wildcatter's experience and ingenuity to create a workable device to prevent oil well blowouts. Hurricane Busts Boomtown - Hurricane Rita tore through the Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum in Beaumont, Texas. Indiana's Gas Boom - Discoveries of natural gas in the late 1880s led to an  Indiana gas boom.

Petroleum Age - Vol. 2 No. 4

December 2005

In this issue: First Dry Hole - Just four days after the famous Drake well discovery of August 27, 1859, the first dry hole was drilled. Wyoming Oil Pioneers - Another highly prized resource brought a new wave of explorers. Oilfield Aliens - WWII attack on a Los Angeles refinery creates a large number of UFO reports.

Petroleum Age - Vol. 2 No. 3

September 2005

In this issue: Oil Well Park - Stories from the Penn-Brad Historical Oil Well Park of Pennsylvania. Hot & Cool Engines - The Coolspring Power Museum's collection of internal combustion engines, including many used in early 20th Century oilfields. Paola's Gas Jubilee - Citizens of Paola, Kansas celebrate a natural gas jubilee as part of the towns' 150th anniversary events.

Petroleum Age - Vol. 2 No. 2

 June 2005

In this issue: The Conroe Crater - In 1932, wildcatter George W. Strake discovered the prolific Conroe, Texas oilfield. In January 1933, it erupted in flame. Dramatic Oil Company - Less than two years before he assassinated President Lincoln, John Wilkes Booth formed an oil company.

Petroleum Age - Vol. 2 No. 1

March 2005

The Early Days of H.L. Hunt, Dad & Doc - C.M. "Dad" Joiner, geologist A.D. "Doc" Lloyd and Haroldson Lafayette "H.L."Hunt discover of the Great East Texas Oilfield in 1930. Vaseline & Mabel's Eyelashes - In 1872, Robert Chesebrough patented a method for turning goop from Pennsylvania oil wells into a balm he called Vaseline. In 1913, Thomas Williams became intrigued when his sister, Maybel, mixed it with a darkening agent. Before long, he was selling "Las-Brow-Ine," which would become Maybeline.

Petroleum Age - Vol. 1 No. 3

December 2004

In this issue: An Oil Family Album - A history of the Morris family. First Lone Star Discovery - In December 1859, less than for months after oil's discovery in Pennsylvania, Lyne Taliaferro Barnet began searching for oil in East Texas. The Story of Tom Slick, Wilcatter - By 1930, in the Oklaoma City field alone, Slick was drilling 45 wells with the capacity to produce 200,000 barrels of crude daily.

Petroleum Age - Vol. 1 No. 2

September 2004

Discovering Indian Territory Oil - In 1897, the Nellie Johnstone No. 1 well ushers in the oil era for the Oklahoma Territory. Aero Views of Early Oil Towns - Thaddeus Mortimer Fowler has the greatest number of panoramic or Birds-Eye View maps in the collection of  the Library of Congress. Many of what he called Aero views captures the communities of America's earliest oilfields.

Petroleum Age - Vol. 1 No. 1

March 2004

In this issue: The Kansas Six - Six museums in Kansas exhibit the history of more than 110 years of oil and natural gas producing fields. Discovering Florida's First Oil Well -  After decades of dry holes, the first commercial well in Florida, Sunniland No. 1, came in on Sept. 26, 1943, near Naples. The well was later later restored and donated to the state by Humble Oil Co. Colonel Drake in Schoolrooms - Thanks to the efforts of the Drake Well Museum, children learn about Pennsylvania's oil history.