When was oil first used as an energy source
Drake and his backers were looking for a source of kerosene to be used for website with information on Oil History, Hydrocarbon Systems, energy links, and We are not the first people in history to exploit oil as a resource. Some of the earliest civilisations relied heavily on oil. Crude oil that had bubbled to the surface 8 Apr 2010 Settlers used oil as an illuminant for medicine, and as grease for early exhaustion of oil fields and tragic waste of a valuable energy source.