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Great mass of workers located in the great deposits of Falcon and Zulia, began a historic strike that sought to improve the economic, labor and legal conditions of the dependents to these foreign companies.
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By 1929, Venezuela was the second largest oil-producing country. And the largest oil exporter in the world. With a spectacular development of the industry, the oil sector had begun to dominate all other economic sectors of the country, however, agricultural production began to decline drastically.
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But it was not until 1895, with the appearance of the first cars, that gas was needed, that new fuel that would be consumed in large quantities in later years.
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1880, half of the American production was destined for export, with kerosene accounting for 25% of total exports.American oil dominated the world market, and was also controlled by a single company.
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In Venezuela begins to explode the oil from 1875, after an earthquake begins to leave oil in great quantities by one of the cracks produced by the earthquake movement
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The first drilling in Mexico to obtain oil.The perforated well, located in the Villa de Guadalupe, behind the collegiate structure, had a depth of 70 meters and cast a mixture of water and good quality crude oil.
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The first wells had to be pumped by hand, and the first pumping point (which ejects oil by itself) did not appear until 1861.
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In November 1860, there were 75 wells operating at Oil Creek.The oil rush had begun.
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The first oil well in the world in 1859, in the United States, managed to extract oil from a depth of 21 meters.
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The modern world oil exploitation had begun in 1853. The oil fever is unleashed in North America, the drilling is multiplying, the land increases in price and the peasants become oil.
