10 Interesting Fact About The history of natural gas exploration

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• The discovery of natural gas was first carried out by the Chinese in the 3rd century BC, when they drilled water wells and found natural gas coming out of these wells.
• In the United States, the discovery of natural gas was first carried out in 1821 in Fredonia, New York.
• In 1859, an oil driver named Edwin Drake discovered natural gas accidentally while looking for oil at Pennsylvania.
• The use of natural gas as fuel for the first lamp was carried out in 1785 by a chemical expert named Alessandro Volta in Italy.
• Initially, natural gas is considered as waste from oil drilling and is often discarded.
• The use of natural gas as fuel for cooking was first carried out in the UK in 1792.
• In 1885, a natural gas pipeline was first built in the United States to drain natural gas from gas fields to the surrounding cities.
• The discovery of natural gas processing technology in the 1930s made natural gas a more efficient and popular fuel.
• In the 1960s, the discovery of natural gas off the coast brought a revolution in the natural gas industry.
• At present, natural gas is one of the most important energy sources in the world, used as fuel for power plants, home heating, and as raw materials for various chemical products.