Oil gusher reconstruction, Spindletop boomtown period, Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum, Beaumont, Texas, United States of America

Aerial view of the Development Driller III, which is drilling a relief well at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, is surrounded by oily water in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana. the source of the growing oil spill in the Gulf of M

Aerial view of the Development Driller III, which is drilling a relief well at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, is surrounded by oily water in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana. the source of the growing oil spill in the Gulf of M

Pumpjack in a field with the foothills and snow-covered Rocky mountains in the background; Alberta, Canada

Pumpjack in a field with the foothills and snow-covered Rocky mountains in the background; Alberta, Canada

A pumpjack at an oil drilling site at sunset, Oilfield pumpjack, Canada

An oil pump jack at a drilling site for oil, an oil field in SaskatchewanOil field pump jack, Saskatchewan, Canada

An oil pump jack at a drilling site for oil, an oil field in SaskatchewanOil field pump jack, Saskatchewan, Canada

A pumpjack at an oil drilling site at sunset, Oilfield pumpjack, Canada

A pumpjack at an oil drilling site at sunset, Oilfield pumpjack, Canada