Texas Oil

The first major product to create a demand for crude oil was which of the following?

• Petroleum jelly lubricant

• Kerosene for lamps

• gasoline for cars

• synthetic rubber for tires

The man who created a huge business empire based on oil.

• "Commodore" Cornelius Vanderbuilt

• Andrew Carnegie

• J.P. Morgan

• John D. Rockefeller

The first major oil strike in Texas was at which well?

• Carnegie # 3

• Little Roundtop

• Spindletop

• Palo Alto

Which town closest to the major oil strike became a boomtown?

• Beaumont

• Galveston

• New Orleans

• Dallas

What is a 'by-product'?

• A by-product is something that is the main objective of a manufacturing process.

• A by-product is a product used to buy another product.

• A by-product is something lost in production.

• A by-product is a product made as a side-effect of another manufacturing process.

The incredibly large corporation which controlled oil in the U.S. in the late 19th / early 20th century.

• BP

• Shell

• Chevron

• Standard Oil

The production process for transforming crude oil into kerosene, gasoline, heating oil and other products.

• Distillation

• Maceration

• Injection molding

• Transliteration

Which Texas city became the hub for refining and shipping oil?

• Galveston

• San Antonio

• Corpus Christi

• Houston

The category of products made from oil into solid objects by molding, extrusion, pressing, etc.

• fuels

• fertilizers

• plastics

• cosmetics

Due to pollution, the oil industry hurts Texas without providing any benefits.

• True

• False