East Texas Oil Field
The East Texas Oil Field is a large oil and gas field in east Texas. Covering 140,000 acres and parts of five counties, and having 30,340 historic and active oil wells, it is the second-largest oil field in the United States outside Alaska, and first in total volume of oil recovered since its discovery in 1930.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include White Oak and Greggton.
White Oak
Village
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White Oak is a city in Gregg County, Texas, United States. It was incorporated in 1960. The population was 6,225 as of 2020.
Greggton
Suburb
Greggton was an unincorporated community in Gregg County, located in the U.S. state of Texas. The community was originally founded in 1873 under the name "Willow Springs" as a stop on the Texas and Pacific Railway. Greggton is situated 4½ miles east of East Texas Oil Field.
Gladewater
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Gladewater is a city in the Central Piney Woods region of Texas. It's probably best known for being Elvis Presley's base early in his career, and Johnny Cash wrote "I Walk the Line" here.
East Texas Oil Field
- Type: Oilfield
- Description: oil and gas field in east Texas
- Categories: giant oil and gas field and landform
- Location: Gregg, Texas, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“East Texas Oil Field” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “East Texas Oil Field”
- Chinese: “德克萨斯州东部”
- Chinese: “德克薩斯州东部”
- Chinese: “德克薩斯州東部”
- Dutch: “Oost-Texasveld”
- French: “East Texas”
- Japanese: “東テキサス油田”
- Persian: “میدان نفتی شرق تگزاس”
- Russian: “Ист-Тексас”
- Ukrainian: “Іст-Тексас”
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