sentences:  New oil fields were discovered nearby throughout the late 19th century and the area developed into a large petrochemical refining centre and exchange.The modern US petroleum industry is considered to have begun with Edwin Drake's drilling of a oil well in 1859, on Oil Creek near Titusville, Pennsylvania, for the Seneca Oil Company (originally yielding , by the end of the year output was at the rate of ).The industry grew through the 1800s, driven by the demand for kerosene and oil lamps.