• Oil is used to create medicine, recreational sports items, and cosmetics.

• Oil is also referred to as “Texas Tea” and “Black Gold.”

• The process of oil drilling begins with a drill cutting through the earth, allowing air to be pumped downwards, and once the oil is hit, it rushes to the surface and can shoot dozens of meters out of the ground.

• In the past 25 years, there have been more than two dozen oil spills in the US.

• Ancient cultures such as the Babylonians and Sumerians used crude oil as a substance for binding materials and as a sealant for waterproofing various surfaces, as a lubricant and even as a weapon.

• As of January 2014, the 27 petroleum refineries in Texas had a capacity of over 5.1 million barrels of crude oil per day and accounted for 29% of total U.S. refining capacity.

• Oil is measured in barrels, which is equal to 42 US gallons or 159 liters.

The US has the 10th largest oil reserve in the world. Venezuela has the largest, with 298.35 billion barrels compared to the US’ 33 billion barrels.

• The US consumes more oil than any other country at 1.85 billion barrels per day.

• Gasoline makes up 45% of crude oil. • Crude oil comes from decomposed organic remains and must be pumped to the surface from deep recesses of the Earth’s crust. It is beneath the sea and in different countries all over the world.

• The United States has the largest oil pipeline system in the world, with nearly 200,000 miles of pipeline.

• OPEC estimates that Saudi Arabia’s Ghawar oil field contains about 85 billion barrels of oil.

• The First Oil Production was in the year 327, Chinese engineers used bamboo pipelines to drill 240 meters below the surface to extract the earliest drops of oil.