Country 106.5 WYRK Radio » oil

Exxon Pipeline Breaks, Floods Neighborhood [VIDEO]

Josh — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 08:42:44 +0000

See what happened after an Exxon pipeline broke in the Central Arkansas town of Mayflower. This incident took place just as we were rolling into the holiday weekend.

Trans-Alaskan Pipeline – Dale's Daily Data

Dale Mussen — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 10:00:57 +0000

It took $8-billion and 3 years to build. It was 800-mile oil pipeline winding its way thru the Alaskan wilderness crossing 3 Arctic mountain ranges and hundreds of rivers and streams. At the time it was the world’s largest and most expensive privately funded construction project. Half of the 48-inch wide steel pipeline was built [...]

Dale's Daily Data: First Texas Oil Well

Dale Mussen — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 11:02:26 +0000

It all began with a huge gusher near Beaumont, Texas. Black gold. Texas “T”. It was a gusher of oil that took 9 days to cap and with it began the American oil industry – the world’s first trillion dollar industry. A Texas businessman, who was also an amateur geologist was convinced there was a huge pool of oil in an area south of Beaumont. He and several partners spent years drilling in an area called Spindletop but gave up.

Then along came mining engineer Anthony Lucas who figured it wasn’t a case of where to drill. Just drill deeper and sure enough he was right.