General petroleum history sites

The Early Days of the History of the Oil Industry - by Samuel T. Pees (finally back up thanks to the Petroleum History Institute.) The History of the Standard Oil Company by Ida M. Tarbell National Geographic • February, 1920 • Where the World Gets its Oil 20th Century Maps A listing of Oil Museums throughout the world Petroleum History Institute The Tallini Tales of Destruction • Is Nitroglycerin In This? Whatever Happened to Standard Oil? - A highly abridged history of the petroleum companies that have used the "Standard" brand name.

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Argentina Museo Nacional del Petróleo, Comodoro Rivadavia, Patagonia, ARGENTINA Phone / Fax: (+54)(297) 4559558. Australia/New Zealand Australian/NZ Petroliana Group - A site in Australia for Petroliana collectors, generally in Australia/New Zealand. The site also has about a thousand [1,000] photos in albums also. It’s a not for profit venture and there’s about 350 subscribers, 90% who are from this region, the other 10% is made up of US, UK and a couple of other countries. Azerbaijan The History of Oil in Azerbaijan Canada The Canadian Petroleum Interpretive Centre in Devon, Alberta Canada. Located on the discovery well site of 1947. This well changed the economic outlook for Alberta and Canada - helping us to become self sufficient in oil within 20 years. (alternate link). Petroleum History Society - Preserving history of the petroleum industry in Canada. The Petrolia Discovery - Canada's historic oilfield. France Le Musée du Pétrole, Parentis-en-Born, Aquitane, FRANCE. Musée Français du Pétrole (French Oil Museum), 4, rue de l'École, 67250 MERKWILLER-PECHELBRONN, FRANCE, Fax et téléphone: +03.88.80.91.08. Germany Deutsches Museum - Mineral Oil and Natural Gas,  Museumsinsel 1, D-80538 München, DEUTSCHLAND / GERMANY. Phone: +49-89-2179-1. Great Britain The Natural History Museum - Petroleum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK / WIELKA BRYTANIA. Information: +44 (0)20 7942 5011. Switchboard: +44 (0)20 7942 5000. Hungary Museum of the Hungarian Petroleum Industry, H-8900 Zalaegerszeg, Falumúzeum str., MAGYARORSZAG / HUNGARY. Phone: (+36 92) 313-632. Japan Izumozaki-machi Oil Memorial Museum, Amaze, Izumozaki, JAPAN. Phone: (0258)78-2179. Norway Norwegian Petroleum Museum in Stavanger, Kjeringholmen, P.O.Box 748 Sentrum, N-4004 Stavanger, NORGE / NOREG / NORWAY, Tel: +47 93 93 00. Pakistan Petroleum Exploration History of Pakistan Poland Bobrka: The Ignacy Lukasiewicz Memorial Museum of Oil Industry. The Cradle of the Petroleum Industry in Poland. The Ignacy Lukasiewicz Petroleum Industry Museum at Bobrka is the world's unique heritage park. In the second half of the 19th century, on this tiny piece of Polish soil, petroleum industry was born, giving great impetus to the development of the modern industrial era. This is a page dedicated to Ignacy Lukasiewicz and the discovery of paraffin. Russia Petroleum Museum of the All-Russia Petroleum Research Exploration Institute VNIGRI (the museum is mentioned in this page), Liteiny Ave. 39, St.Petersburg 191104, Russia. Phone: (812) 273-43-83.