Learning Goals

• The students will understand the oil boom in Oklahoma.

BLACK GOLD !

The first oil well in Oklahoma

was drilled many years

ago.

Oil wells were given names. The first oil well in Oklahoma was the “Nellie Johnstone No. 1”

It was located in Bartlesville.

The Oklahoma oil fields are part of big, underground pools called the “Mid-Continent Oil Region.”

Mid-Continent Oil Field (in red.)

Here, under the ground is “crude” oil - some of the

biggest pools in the world!

Crude oil is a thick,

black liquid.

Oil is also called

“petroleum.”

Petroleum can be turned into

useful products, like

gasoline to run our cars.

Factories burn petroleum to make electricity, too.

These are called “oil derricks”.

Oil derricks hold up many pipes, used to drill deep into the earth.

Older derricks looked like this and were made

out of wood.

Newer derricks were made out of metal,

like this one.

At the end of the drill pipe

is a drill “bit” with strong metal

“teeth.” They dig through

the earth.

Because of the oil found there, Tulsa became known as the

"Oil Capital of the World."

The Oklahoma City oil field also became one of the biggest

producers of oil.

More than 30 BILLION barrels of crude oil have been pumped from the Mid-Continent Region!

Two years before Oklahoma gained statehood,

an oil gusher sprung up outside of Tulsa.

Wooden oil derricks soon

dotted the land.

This pool of oil was called the Glenn Pool.

Glenn Pool brought many workers to Tulsa.

Oil made some people millionaires, such as Frank Phillips, J. Paul Getty, William Skelly, H. H. Champlin, Erle Halliburton and E. W. Marland.

William Skelly, who founded Skelly Oil,turned it into one of the

world's largest oil companies.

He came to be known as

"Mr. Tulsa".

But other oil discoveries, like Cushing,

helped make Oklahoma the No. 1 producing state

in the country!

Oil was then found in Oklahoma City!

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The “gusher” erupted,blowing 5,000 barrels of oil into the airduring the first day!

The most famous well in oil history

was the “No. 1 Mary Sudik” drilled in Oklahoma City!

It was drilled in1930 and was nicknamed the

“Wild Mary Sudik!”

“Wild Mary” coated houses and businesses in black oil…Guards kept crowds away and turned back traffic.

For 11 days, the oil continued to blow out of the ground! l

Finally, workers could shut off the oil.

People spent weeks cleaning oil out of the streets, ditches, and creeks around town!

Oil discoveries created oil “boom” towns.

With the beginning of drilling activity, oil field workers would flock to the area.

The town would grow so fast!

People wanted to share in the wealth of the “black gold” flowing from the earth!

Sometimes, the boom towns

were so crowded that workers were

forced to sleep in tents,

or on rooftops.

Oil’s importance grew after a new discovery, called the “West Edmond” field in the 1940s.

And by the 1970s,

oil had been discovered in 72 of our 77 counties.

New equipment made is possible

to pull even more oil out of

older wells!

This is called a “pumper.”

It is placed where a well was drilled and pumps oil out of the ground.

The big, round storage buildings hold the crude oil being pumped

out of the ground.

Today, Oklahoma is

5th place in oil production

among all of the United

States.

Oklahoma ranks second only to Texas in the number of drilling rigs!

Some of the biggest oil companies

began in Oklahoma!

Almost one million oil wells have been drilled in Oklahoma..

…including oil wells at our state capitol!

Petroleum is our top industry,

…where over 50,000 people work.

Oil helped to make Oklahoma what it is today…

Chapter 17 Section 3 Quiz• 1.) What was the name of the most famous Oil Well?• A.) Wild Mary Sudik• B.) The Glenn Pool• C.) The Nellie Johnstone

• 2.) What was the name of the First Oil well drilled in Oklahoma?

• A.) Wild Mary Sudik• B.) The Glenn Pool• C.) The Nellie Johnstone

• 3.) What is the name of the underground pool that provides the oil for the oil wells in Oklahoma?

• A.) The Glenn Pool• B.) The Mid Continent Oil Region• C.) The Phillips 66 Oil Field

• 4.) What is oil called when it is first taken out of the ground?

• A.) Refined Oil• B.) Crude Oil• C.) Refined petroleum

• 5.) What happens to the oil after it is taken out of the ground?

• A.) Its sent to refineries• B.) It is ready to use as a fuel• C.) It is ready to be used for electricity

• 6.) What is built to hold up the pipes, • used to drill deep into the earth?• A.) Storage Tank• B.) Pumper• C.) Oil Derricks

• 7.) What large oil field helped make Tulsa the “Oil Capital of the World”?

• A.) The Glenn Pool• B.) The Mid Continent Oil Region• C.) The Phillips 66 Oil Field

• 8.) What type of machinery pumps the oil out of the ground?

• A.) Storage Tank• B.) Pumper• C.) Oil Derricks

• 9.) About how many oil wells have been drilled in Oklahoma?

• A.) 1,000,000• B.) 1000• C.) 100

• 10.) About how many people does the petroleum industry employ in Oklahoma?

• A.) About 5000• B.) About 50,000• C.) about 500,000

Chapter 17 Section 3 Quiz• 1.) What was the name of the most

famous Oil Well?

• 2.) What was the name of the First Oil well drilled in Oklahoma and where was it located?

• 3.) What is the name of the underground pool that provides the oil for the oil wells in Oklahoma?

• 4.) What is oil called when it is first taken out of the ground?

• 5.) What happens to the oil after it is taken out of the ground?

• 6.) What is built to hold up the pipes, • used to drill deep into the earth?

• 7.) What large oil field helped make Tulsa the “Oil Capital of the World”?

• 8.) What type of machinery pumps the oil out of the ground?

• 9.) About how many oil wells have been drilled in Oklahoma?

• 10.) About how many people does the petroleum industry employ in Oklahoma?