Where was the world’s first oil well drilled?

The correct answer is Pennsylvania, USA Key Points The world's first oil well was drilled in Titusville in Pennsylvania, the U.S.A. in the nineteenth century. On August 27, 1859, George Bissell and Edwin L Drake made the first successful use of a drilling rig on a well-drilled mainly to produce oil in Pennsylvania. Additional Information In India, t he first well was dug in September 1889 in the Digboi area of ​​Assam and was completed in November 1890 by the Assam Railway and Trading Company Limited (AR&T Company Limited) at a depth of 662 feet. In India, oil is found in Assam, Gujarat, Mumbai High and in Godavari and Krishna river basins. The high pressure and high temperature T-02 oil well was drilled to 18,248 feet and is the deepest well in Dubai. Ankleshwar is the largest oil field in the Bharuch district of Gujarat. Jawaharlal Nehru called the Ankleshwar oil field the "fountain of prosperity".