Gas Invention A Catalyst for Economic Growth and Prosperity

The first natural gas pipes were created from bamboo by the Chinese in 500 BC. They used natural gas to boil saltwater in order to make salt brine. The EAST OHIO GAS CO. has supplied natural gas to the Cleveland area since receiving a controversial franchise from the city in 1902. STANDARD OIL CO.... Two million-year-old ice provides snapshot of Earth's greenhouse gas history ... CORVALLIS, Ore. – Two million-year old ice from Antarctica ... The Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company acquired North Shore Gas Company. 1967: Peoples Gas Company was incorporated as a holding company to hold the stock of ... The phenomenon was termed a "gas attack" and blamed on a nearby butadiene plant. But when the plant was shut down, the smog did not abate. In 1947, the Los ... The first drilling for oil in ocean waters took place in 1896 off the coast of California. Since then, offshore drilling has pushed the limits of technology ... Text-only Version of Graphic Entitled 'Oil and Gas: History and Development on Trust Lands' ... Find the original on our Oil and Gas page. ... 1876: At statehood, ... The ironies of gas warfare are vividly focused in the life of Fritz Haber, the German chemist who invented phosgene and also the 'Haber Process' which ... Domestic manufactured gas service was first introduced to the residents of Long Beach in 1900 by the United Electric Gas and Power Company. Mike Sutton tells the story of William Ramsay's hunt for the noble gases. Discovering a new element has been the high point of several distinguished scientific ...