Spring is a season of new beginnings. You not only see spring with sightings of robins, kildeer, and masses of red-wing blackbirds, you hear it. Birdsong and the croaking of…
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William Logan, became the founding director of the Geological Survey of Canada in 1842.Is there anyone who doesn’t use Wikipedia? It’s mighty handy when you just want some fast facts…
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The pandemic has left us scratching our heads as we help plan this year’s international conference on the global heritage of the oil industry. We feel this conference is key…
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In the early days, Oil Springs was a forest of three-pole derricks above each well. Photo courtesy of Lambton County Archives Ahead of Oil Springs’ 8-year boom and bust, geological…
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Charlie Fairbank visits the 8-acre field on Fairbank Oil where 6,650 trees are being planted to increase biodiversity and reduce the carbon footprint. The planting of several species of oak…
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Happy 140th anniversary Imperial Oil! This year, Fairbank Oil is also celebrating a special anniversary. It has been selling its crude to Imperial Oil for refining for 140 years. It…
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Making a Packer – In 6,000 Easy Steps When people see the oilfield technology at work at Fairbank Oil Fields, they see wooden pumpjacks, cast iron field wheels, the jerker…
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It’s a first! International oil heritage specialists will tour Oil Springs this spring. It marks the first time heritage experts beyond North America will study its significance in global development…
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The first oil available to North Americans came from right here in Oil Springs. That was 161 years ago and we are still learning more about the continent’s first oil…
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Change is coming! For the past 154 years, Fairbank Oil Fields has relied on VanTuyl and Fairbank Heavy Hardware in nearby Petrolia to supply all of its tools and oil…
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