East Texas Oil Field

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:oil
gptkbp:area 140,000 acres
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:county gptkb:Cherokee_County
gptkb:Rusk_County
gptkb:Gregg_County
gptkb:Upshur_County
gptkb:Smith_County
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:C.M._Joiner
1930
gptkbp:featureType gptkb:Woodbine_Formation
gptkbp:fuelType light sweet crude
gptkbp:historicalEvent Black Giant discovery
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label East Texas Oil Field
gptkbp:impact helped end the Great Depression in Texas
led to oil price regulation
spurred rapid population growth in East Texas
gptkbp:length 45 miles
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Texas
gptkb:East_Texas
gptkbp:mainTowns gptkb:Tyler
gptkb:Gladewater
gptkb:Overton
gptkb:Kilgore
Longview
gptkbp:notableCompany gptkb:Hunt_Oil_Company
gptkb:Pure_Oil_Company
gptkb:The_Texas_Company
gptkb:Sinclair_Oil
gptkb:Gulf_Oil
gptkb:Texaco
gptkb:Texas_Company
gptkb:Shell_Oil_Company
gptkb:Sun_Oil_Company
gptkb:Magnolia_Petroleum_Company
gptkb:Atlantic_Oil_Company
gptkb:H.L._Hunt
gptkb:J.K._Hughes_Oil_Company
gptkb:J.M._Guffey_Petroleum_Company
gptkb:Mid-Continent_Petroleum_Company
gptkb:Skelly_Oil_Company
gptkb:The_Atlantic_Oil_Company
gptkb:The_Gulf_Oil_Corporation
gptkb:The_Humble_Oil_Company
gptkb:The_J.K._Hughes_Oil_Company
gptkb:The_J.M._Guffey_Petroleum_Company
gptkb:The_Magnolia_Petroleum_Company
gptkb:The_Mid-Continent_Petroleum_Company
gptkb:The_Phillips_Petroleum_Company
gptkb:The_Pure_Oil_Company
gptkb:The_Sinclair_Oil_Company
gptkb:The_Skelly_Oil_Company
gptkb:The_Standard_Oil_Company_of_New_Jersey
gptkb:The_Standard_Oil_Company_of_New_York
gptkb:The_Sun_Oil_Company
gptkb:Standard_Oil_Company_of_New_Jersey
gptkb:Standard_Oil_Company_of_New_York
gptkb:Humble_Oil_Company
gptkb:Phillips_Petroleum_Company
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Daisy_Bradford_No._3
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Dad_Joiner
gptkbp:oilProduction over 5.2 billion barrels
gptkbp:peakProductionYear 1933
over 1 million barrels per day
gptkbp:regulates gptkb:Texas_Railroad_Commission
gptkbp:significance influenced global oil markets
largest oil field in the contiguous United States
major factor in Texas oil boom
gptkbp:status still producing
gptkbp:width 5 miles
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Northeast_Texas
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6