oil strike, Venango County Blog most recent posts http://blog.venango.org/oil_strike en Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:15:23 GMT 200 Posted by Website Introductions: (oil strike) It was 150 years ago when Drake Well and Uncle Billy Smith sunk their drill bit to the earth and almost missed the narrow pocket of crude oil, which eventually fed the world's appetite for oil. Read more: Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the First Commercial Oil Strike [click] <br>Tags: <b>drake well</b>, <b>oil strike</b>. Comments: 0. http://blog.venango.org/drake_well/20090709-233321-Celebrating-the-150th-Anniversary-of-the-First-Commercial-Oil-Strike http://blog.venango.org/drake_well/20090709-233321-Celebrating-the-150th-Anniversary-of-the-First-Commercial-Oil-Strike