Oklahoma History
Fuel Fossils
Lets stop at the gas station
OPEC Nations
Keep on Truckin
100

The Compromise of 1850 separated this strip of land from Texas & it later became the western part of Oklahoma

The Pan Handle

100

In the United States Esso stations like the one here are a thing of the past; in 1972 Esso became this 5-letter brand

Exxon

100

Before GPS gas stations gave these away by the millions; a 1960s one for Indiana was For People Going Places

A MAp

100

This mideastern member nation holds the world's largest reserves of petroleum

Saudi

100

To a trucker hammer & granny refer to these 2 types of highway lanes

Fast/SLow

200

This oil boomtown of the early 1900s is today home to Oral Roberts University & 400000 Oklahomans

Tulsa

200

Atlantic Refining & Richfield Petroleum are no more; in 1966 they merged to create the company known by this acronym

ARCO

200

If you stop for gas in Ashland or Medford in this Pacific NW state stay in the car; self-serve is illegal

Oregonn

200

One of the smallest PECs is this country that was invaded in 1990 for its oil

Kuwait

200

Massive rhyming term for your standard tractor-trailer truck

Big Rig

300

1/4 of this tribe died on the march from the southeast but today it numbers about 250,000 in OK

Cherokee

300

What was formerly a Gilmore oil field in this city is now the Farmers' Market a tourist attraction at 3rd & Fairfax

LA

300

Here comes this Northeast-based company the official fuel of NASCAR & I say it's all right

Sunoco

300

Until it withdrew in 2008 the only far east nation in OPEC was this large one made up of thousands of islands

Indo

300

In 2008 Atlanta truckers protested the rising price of this type of fuel their lifeline

Diesel

400

During the late 1800s this trail across Oklahoma territory was the major route for moving cattle from Texas to Kansas

The Chrisholm Trail

400

Rudolf Diesel's first engine was designed to run on the dust of this solid fuel

Coal

400

If you drive mucho in Mexico you'll stop at one of these stations an abbreviation of Petroleos Mexicanos

Pemex

400

Ecuador & this other South American country are members

Venezuela

400

This company almost synonymous with heavy duty American trucks builds them in Macungie Penn.

Mack

500

This Duncan Oklahoma native served as President Reagan's ambassador to the United Nations the first woman to hold the position

Jeane kikrkpatrick

500

Here's a gas station in the '20s when they were called this kind of station from what attendants did at the pump

Filling station

500

The first long distance automobile trip was in 1888 & included a stop at a pharmacy in Wiesloch Germany; Bertha of this last name bought petroleum detergent to fuel the car invented by her husband Karl


Benz

500

In March 2011 world oil prices rose due to fighting in this OPEC member's oil cities like Ras Lanuf

Libya

500

Truckers know these have a range of about 25 miles in motor vehicles & federally limited power of 4 watts

CB radio

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