Oil and its history
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Oil and its history, mankind has been familiar with oil and gas since ancient times and used its surface seepages, oil exploration is an old and practical knowledge and skill that is collected by collecting bitumen from oil seepages and springs. entered the realm of science.
Oil
Oil or black gold, which is one of the fossil fuels and is non-renewable. The word oil, which is called petroleum in English, is composed of two words, Petra, which is equivalent to the Greek word for stone, and the word oleum, which is equivalent to the word oil. Oil is a thick, workable liquid that is dark brown, dark green, or black in color.
Oil mainly consists of two organic elements, hydrogen and carbon, and has smaller amounts of elements such as oxygen, nitrogen, and sulfur. The origin of oil formation is considered to be plants and organic organisms in the oceans. Crude oil has an oily state and can be seen in solid (oil bitumen) and liquid forms. Sometimes all forms of petroleum are also called hydrocarbons.
If oil accumulates in a sedimentary layer, that place is called an “oil pool”. An “oil field” is obtained from the sum of several oil basins. The porous rock containing oil that has the ability to produce oil is called “reservoir rock”.
The history of the origin of oil
Oil and its history, you might think that the world’s first oil field was discovered in Europe, while the world’s first oil field was found in Bakudar in the 9th century. In the 19th century in the United States, a person named George Bissell began drilling for oil, he sent a sample of Pennsylvania crude oil to Benjamin Silliman at Yale University. After the experiments, Silliman mentioned the value of oil and a series of important products made with oil in his reports. Products such as industrial lubricating oils, types of lamp oil, lighting gas, etc.
Following this report, George Bissell hired a colleague to extract oil, and on August 27, 1859, they were able to extract oil. As the news of oil spread, people rushed to buy possible land for oil extraction.
Forty years later, in 1908, in Iran, coinciding with the reign of Mozafaruddin Shah, a person named William Naxi Darcy and her colleagues found gas and oil in the Suleiman Mosque area.
Oil and its history
Oil in Iran
The first oil well drilling in Iran began in the northwest of Qasr Shirin. Due to the lack of a road and the insecurity of the working environment, drilling progressed slowly until they reached gas and oil at a depth of 507 meters in the summer of 1903. After several years of interruption in drilling operations, in 1908, one well at a depth of 360 meters and another at a depth of 307 meters reached oil.
In this way, Iran was noticed as the first holder of oil reserves in the Middle East. For twenty years, that is, until 1928, all the oil produced in Iran was extracted from the oil field of Masjid Sulaiman. In continuation of these discoveries, in 1928 Haftkal oil field and then in 1930 Gachsaran oil field, in 1936 Aghajari oil field and in 1938 Lali and kerosene oil fields were discovered. Oil discoveries in the Persian Gulf region began in the late 1950s, and during that, the first oil field named Behrgansar was discovered in 1960.
With the start of the Iran-Iraq war in the 60s, oil exploration was associated with a relative stagnation, but in recent years, oil exploration activities have been accompanied by a faster pace and more facilities were allocated to this sector. One of the most important discoveries in recent years is the discovery of South Pars gas field in 1971, which is the largest gas field discovered in the world.
Petroleum products
Crude oil products include petroleum gas, gasoline, kerosene, diesel fuel, lubricating oils, bitumen, natural tar, natural wax, lamp oil, jet fuel, and furnace fuel. In addition to these, amazing products are also produced from oil and its derivatives, including aspirin, pantyhose, colored pencils, chewing gum, anti-wrinkle clothes, solar panels, PVC covers, wall paper, flooring and all kinds of wall coverings. Lipstick, contact lenses, toothpaste, air fresheners, perfume and cologne, deodorant and antiperspirant, guitar strings, artificial teeth, production of sports equipment, fishing bait, vest, etc.
Mankind has been familiar with oil and gas since ancient times and used its surface seepages, oil exploration is an old and practical knowledge and skill that entered the realm of science by collecting bitumen from oil seepages and wells.
