Which country from the 3 below the petrol was discovered first Egypt , Bahrain , or Saudi Arabia ?
turning point in the history of the Middle East came when oil was discovered, first in Persia (now Iran) in 1908 and later in Saudi Arabia (in 1938) 347 Oil wells are drilled in China up to 800 feet deep using bits attached to bamboo poles. 1264 Mining of natural oil seeps in medieval Persia is witnessed by Marco Polo on his travels through Baku. 1500’s Seep oil collected in the Carpathian Mountains of Poland is used to light street lamps. 1594 Oil wells are hand dug at Baku, Persia up to 35 meters (115 feet) deep. 1735 Oil sands are mined and the oil extracted at Pechelbronn field in Alsace, France. 1815 Oil is produced in United States as an undesirable by-product from brine wells in Pennsylvania. 1848 First modern oil well is drilled in Asia, on the Aspheron Peninsula north-east of Baku, by Russian engineer F.N. Semyenov. 1854 First oil wells in Europe are drilled 30- to 50-meters deep at Bóbrka, Poland by Ignacy Lukasiewicz. Petroleum has become steadily more useful and valuable si
