EVENT INFORMATION

26
Mei
1908

Commercial oil is struck at Masjed Soleyman

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📅 26 Mei 1908 📍 Iran

The D’Arcy enterprise struck a substantial reservoir near Masjed Soleyman in Khuzestan after years of drilling. The discovery accelerated foreign investment and British strategic interest in Iranian petroleum. Local workers and communities were part of the emerging industry while ownership and management concentrated in a foreign concessionaire.

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Personanan den e suseso aki

William Knox D’Arcy

George Reynolds

oil workers

Organisashonnan den e Evento aki

Concessions Syndicate

D’Arcy concession