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Standard Oil Part I

Acquired

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The Center of the Oil Industry in the World

Most of the oil in the world came from titusville, pennsylvania. Up until the civil war, the whole industry is just based there on titus fild. The oil comes out of the ground, they refine the oil, they make kerosene. Kerosene the main use was to burn in lamps. And artificial light more than anywhere else you need it in cities. So all of a sudden now people lake wey, we can buy the oil that comes out ofthe ground, crude oil from Titusville, bring it into our cities, refine it in the cities, and then sell the kerosene in the city. That's like a really good business

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