City: Sunniland   County: Collier   Year: 1971
Location: Oil Well Park Rd, just before S.R. 29 in unmarked park

The first commercial oil well in Florida, located just east of this site, was drilled in 1943 by Humble Oil and Refining Company. The discovery of oil at a depth of over 11,500 feet proved that there was oil in Florida. Seventeen wells were subsequently drilled near here. Sunniland was the state's only commercial oil field until 1964 although there had been extensive drilling since 1900. A vision of Barron Gift Collier was thus fulfilled.

Pumping Derrick - 1946

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Sunniland Oil Field - 1973

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Humble Oil Tank Farm at Sunniland - 1952

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