U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for June 28: First Refinery

USA Profile Username: jon@newsinnovations.com / edit profile U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for June 28: First Refinery PR Newswire WASHINGTON, June 28, 2016 WASHINGTON, June 28, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau: FIRST REFINERY Profile America — Tuesday, June 28th. America's first commercial oil refinery was put in operation this month in 1860. It was built in Titusville, Pennsylvania, on the banks of Oil Creek. That town was the site of the country's first productive oil well in 1859, and these developments made the area some 100 miles north of Pittsburgh the cradle of America's oil industry. The first refinery was focused on extracting kerosene from the crude oil. Any gasoline by-product was dumped into the creek. With today's regulations and economy, that would be more than a crime; it would be a blunder. There are 137 oil refineries operating in the U.S. today. Four of them are in Pennsylvania. Meanwhile, there are more than 8,000 oil and gas extraction establishments across the country, with annual revenues of around a third of a trillion dollars. Profile America is in its 20th year as a public service of the U.S. Census Bureau.  Sources: Kane's Famous First Facts, 3529 Owner William Barnsdall/accessed 4/15/2016:  http://mykindred.com/cloud/TX/getperson.php?personID=I54989&tree=mykindred01  Early oil industry: http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/findapark/oilcreek/index.htm  Crime and blunder/accessed 4/15/2016: http://www.bartleby.com/81/17622.html  Oil refineries/accessed 4/15/2016: http://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/pet_pnp_cap1_dcu_nus_a.htm  Pennsylvania/accessed 4/15/2016: http://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/pet_pnp_cap1_dcu_SPA_a.htm  Oil and gas establishments/NAICS 211: http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/BP/2013/00A1//naics~211  Value/NAICS 211: http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ECN/2012_US/00A1//naics~211 Profile America is produced by the Center for New Media and Promotion of the U.S. Census Bureau. These daily features are available as produced segments, ready to air, on the Internet at http://www.census.gov (look for "Audio" in the "Library" pull-down menu).  Logo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110428/DC91889LOGO   SOURCE U.S. Census Bureau CONTACT: Rick Reed, 301-763-2812; or e-mail: richard.thomas.reed-at-census.gov Web Site: http://www.census.gov Follow Us To change the settings for your profile(s) or email delivery, go to https://prnmedia.prnewswire.com/profile/?action=editProfile and select the profile you would like to edit. You can select the industries, subjects, languages, geographical areas, companies, delivery options and delivery frequencies of your choice. In addition to current press releases, you can also find archived news, corporate information, photos, tradeshow news and much more on the PR Newswire for Journalists website: https://prnmedia.prnewswire.com To contact us, email: mediasite@prnewswire.com Please do not reply to this email; this is an automatically generated message. Copyright © PR Newswire Association LLC. All Rights Reserved. A UBM plc company. Our mailing address is: 350 Hudson Street, Suite 300 New York, NY 10014-4504