The first oil well in the world was drilled at

A. Assam

B. Japan

C. Pensylvania

D. Former USSR

Answer: Option C

Solution(By Examveda Team)

The first oil well in the world was drilled at Pensylvania. On August 28, 1859, George Bissell and Edwin L. Drake made the first successful use of a drilling rig on a well drilled especially to produce oil, at a site on Oil Creek near Titusville, Pennsylvania.