This was a very interesting and informative Harvest Host stop. Everything you ever wanted to know about oil drilling and petroleum products can be found here. There is a great history behind the petroleum industry. Here is some information from the past.
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One of the most interesting displays shows all the products we use daily that require petroleum in order to produce them.
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The facility also had a field of many oil rigs from the past.
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Oil drilling was a very dangerous job, especially when it came to driving the truck with nitroglycerin.
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One display at the museum was quite interesting. It was an oil drilling ‘lego’ city was built entirely by students.
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Seeing this museum brought with it the reality that without petroleum most of those items we are comfortable with could no longer be made.