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Whale oil for light Demand increases Whales are common property Run out of whales Price of lamp oil goes up Look for substitutes
Benjamin Stillman !
Yale University !
First to distill petroleum into
parts or fractions !
distill is to heat up and capture vapor
at different temperatures
BISSELL REPORT !
Your company have in their possession a raw material from
which, by simple and not expensive process, they may manufacture very valuable
products. !
It is worthy of note that my experiments prove that nearly the whole of the raw product may be manufactured without waste, and this solely by a well-
directed process which is in practice in one of the most
simple of all chemical processes.”
!Professor Benjamin Sillman
Yale College
Products Degrees C. Carbon
liquified petroleum gas 20 1 - 4
chemical, naphtha 70 5 - 9
gasoline 120 5 - 10
jet fuel, kerosene, paraffin 170 10 - 16
diesel 270 14-20
lubricants, oils, waxes, polishes 320 20 - 50
ships, factories, heating 370 20 - 70
bitumen, roads, roofs 400 >70
George H. Bissell !
Needed Financial Capital:
incorporation laws and investors
!
Pennsylvania Rock-Oil Company
!
Used Stillman Report
At first, his submission is declined as being "not original", however, after an appeal, a patent is
granted on February 28, 1892.
!Has 15 years of
protection !
Receives patents in Germany, United States,
and England !
Financial Capital Maschinefabrik Augsburg
John D. Rockefeller
Buys first refinery 1865
!
Starts Standard Oil 1870
!
Controls 90% of U.S. oil market
1890
Standard Oil !
Blue Barrel of Oil
bbl !
42 U.S. gallons 159 liters
!
allow for evaporation and
leakage to 40 gallons
Lubes, Waxes, other 7%
Road Construction 4%
Refinery Fuel 4%
Plastics & Petrochemicals 6%
Industrial Fuel 8%
Heating 7% Transportation
64%
Global Oil Use