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Trenton Gas Field

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Almost all of the natural gas was removed from the field by 1910, but only about 10% of the oil had been removed at that point. The lack of pressure caused by the removal of the gas led to a complete stoppage of oil production, even though an estimated 900 million barrels (140,000,000 m) of oil
57:. The field was discovered in 1876, but the size and magnitude of the field was not known until the 1880s. The field was the largest natural gas discovery up to that time, with an area of 5,120 square miles (13,300 km), somewhat smaller in area than the state of 713: 585: 390: 71: m) of natural gas. The field also contained the first giant oil reserve discovered in the United States, with an estimated 1 billion barrels (160 620: 258: 961: 703: 575: 904: 104:
operations in Indiana. The firm's production and refinery interests led, in turn, to Standard's Indiana interests being grouped together after the
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remained in the field. Beginning in the late 20th century, oil production resumed at a slow pace after advances in
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1963 Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum gas explosion
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Indiana
Ohio
Connecticut
Indiana Gas Boom
artificial lift
Standard Oil Company
refinery
1911 breakup of the firm due to antitrust action
Standard Oil Company of Indiana
Indiana portal
Trenton Limestone
Petroleum industry in Ohio
ISBN
0-7385-3963-5
Indiana History: A Book of Readings
Indiana University
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History of
Indiana
Early history
Clovis
Adena
Hopewell
Mississippian

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