Reddit; Pocket; Email; Linkedin; This Oct. 9, 2013 photo shows Precision Well Service rig hands Ricardo Castillon, left, and Gerardo Aguilar as they lay tubing pipe from a workover rig. WYOMING: DRILL BABY, U.S.A. America's energy quest brings welcome and unexpected change to life on the still-wild frontier. That being said, oil had been found in Casper, Wyoming previous to that of Rispin. Cows and sheep graze near drilling rigs. By Steve Hargreaves and Amy Ambatielos Wyoming’s first real oil boom would have to wait until the Dutch-owned Petroleum Maatschappij Salt Creek Company’s well erupted on October 23, 1908, bringing a new flood of entrepreneurs and investors.

Wyoming's highest yearly production of oil on record was 1978, when nearly 136 million barrels were produced.

First Major Wyoming Oil Boom. Oil & Gas 360® c/o EnerCom, Inc. 410 17th Street Suite 250 Denver, CO 80202 [email protected] 303-296-8834 E-mail for Advertising Information or call 303-296-8834 x 243 The scene is a mix of the bucolic and industrial. He started working for an energy company in 1999, and after several years, the company had promoted him up the ranks. From pumping oil to paving roads . The Anatomy of an Oil Boom and Bust. Trucks rumble up and down the road, creating a consistent stream of traffic on an otherwise isolated country byway. October 18, 2016 – Joel Schell, Kim Hiser. In 1832, when fur trader Capt. In 2010, Catarino “Cat” Castro had a great job working in the oilfields around Douglas, a city in Converse County, Wyoming. Share All sharing options for: Industry talking another oil boom in Wyoming.

The oil industry has been a part of the Wyoming economy since the beginning days of statehood.As far back as the early 19th century explorers in what is now Wyoming reported evidence of oil. Wyoming oil production climb sparks transportation boom Share this: ... is a microcosm of Wyoming’s most recent oil boom. Batteries of storage tanks neighbor ranchettes. Although oil was found in Lance Creek in 1918, and while some people made their way to Lance Creek early on, it wasn't until the 1920's that the oil boom really began. Evanston, the county seat of Uinta County, is located in the southwestern corner of the state in the Bear River Valley. Many people had already loaded their families up for Casper where they had made their unofficial homes digging for oil.