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3300 BCE
In prehistory
Oil has been known since prehistory. The Bible mentions it as bitumen, or asphalt. The asphalt was used to glue the bricks of the Babe Tower. -
Extraction of oil.
It was until 1859 when the first oil well in the world was drilled in the United States, extracting oil from a depth of 21 meters. -
Use of gasoline.
It was until 1895, with the appearance of the first cars, that gas was needed, that new fuel that in later years would be consumed in large quantities. On the eve of World War I, before 1914, there were already more than one million vehicles using gasoline in the world. -
Consumption of gas oils.
The consumption of gas oils as fuel began in 1910 when the British fleet ordered the replacement of coal by diesel in all its ships. -
Proliferation of automobiles.
In 1922 the true proliferation of cars began when the "T" model came out. That year there were 18 million cars; By 1938 the number rose to 40 million, in 1956 to 100 million, and to more than 170 million by 1964. -
Use of kerosene.
In 1964 about 80% of the total consumption of kerosene was to make turbosine.Subsequently the turbine engines used in commercial, civilian and military aircraft were developed. -
Oil deposits
In 1976 México had more oil deposits than they had imagined. -
Oil concessions
The first oil concessions were given in London end of the eighyties
