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{{Short description|Oil field in southern Texas, United States}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2012}} {{For|the rural neighborhood in Kentucky|Spindletop, Lexington}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = Spindle | nrhp_type = nhl | image = Lucas gusher.jpg | caption = The [[Anthony Francis Lucas|Lucas]] gusher at Spindletop, January 10, 1901: This was the first major [[Blowout (well drilling)|gusher]] of the [[Texas oil boom]]. |alt=Black-and-white photograph of an oil gusher derrick with a gusher of oil shooting from the top | location = 3 mi south of [[Beaumont, Texas]] on Spindletop Ave. | coordinates = {{coord|30|1|12|N|94|4|31|W|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = Texas#USA | map_label = Lucas Gusher, Spindletop Oil Field | locmap_relief = no | built = {{Start date|1901}} | designated_nrhp_type = November 13, 1966 | added = November 13, 1966 | area = {{convert|1130.4|acre}} | refnum = 66000818<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2013a}}</ref> }} {{multiple image |image1 = Gulf Coast oil fields.jpg |image2 = Spindletop oil leases.jpg |footer = Gulf Coast oil fields (left) and Spindletop oil lease map (right) |total_width = 700 }} '''Spindletop''' is an [[oil field]] located in the southern portion of [[Beaumont, Texas|Beaumont]], [[Texas]], in the [[United States]]. The Spindletop dome was derived from the [[Louann Salt]] [[evaporite]] layer of the [[Jurassic]] geologic period.<ref>Hyne, Norman J., ''Nontechnical guide to petroleum geology, exploration, drilling, and production,'' Pennwell Books, 2nd ed. p. 193 {{ISBN|978-0-87814-823-3}}</ref> On January 10, 1901, a well at Spindletop struck [[oil]] ("came in"). The Spindletop [[Oil gusher|gusher]] blew for 9 days at a rate estimated at {{convert|100000|oilbbl|m3}} of oil per day.<ref name="HOT: Spindletop">{{Handbook of Texas | name=Spindletop Oilfield | id=dos03 | author=Wooster, Robert; Sanders, Christine Moor | retrieved=October 18, 2009}}, Texas State Historical Association</ref> [[Gulf Oil]] and [[Texaco]], now part of [[Chevron Corporation]], were formed to develop production at Spindletop.<ref>Daniel Yergin, ''The Prize'', New York: Simon & Schuster, 1991, pp. 75β78.</ref> The Spindletop discovery led the United States into the oil age. Prior to Spindletop, oil was primarily used for lighting and as a lubricant. Because of the quantity of oil discovered, burning [[petroleum]] as a [[fuel]] for mass consumption suddenly became economically feasible. The frenzy of oil exploration and the economic development it generated in the state became known as the [[Texas oil boom]]. The United States soon became the world's leading oil producer. __TOC__<!--force Table of Contents -->
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