Dorset's Black Gold: A History of Dorset's Oil Industry

by Alan Taylor

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In this book, Alan Taylor reveals that the history of Dorset's oil starts in the 1850s with attempts to extract oil and gas from mined oil shale at Kimmeridge. By the early twentieth century exploration geologists had realised the significance of oil seeps and other geological features found along the Dorset coast. It seemed that oil might lie in the rock strata at specific locations deep under the Dorset countryside. The author explains how exploration...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1398103489

ISBN13:9781398103481

Release Date:January 2022

Publisher:Amberley Publishing

Length:96 Pages

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