It’s all fun and games until the foil balloons cause power outages across the state of California… We’ve come a long way from using pig bladders as balloons (although nothing says “happy birthday, son!”...
Author - Sarah Simonovich
Sarah Simonovich
Milk & Oil: The Story of the Gilmore Oil Company
There’s no use crying over spilled milk, especially when it leads to bigger and better things—for the Gilmore Family, what started as a venture in dairy products led to becoming the largest distributor of oil products...
Understanding the Whale Oil Myth and the Rise of Petroleum
The whale oil myth: thanks to the free market, petroleum arrived in the nick of time to save the dwindling whales and counterbalance the whale oil scarcity. A cursory internet search will yield all kinds of results...
Petroleum Product of the Week: Fireworks
July 4th: America’s favorite date Food, Friends, and FIREWORKS From the very beginning, Americans have been encouraged to celebrate the “birth of American independence.” On July 2, 1776, John Adams even wrote to his...
Petroleum Product of the Week: Asphalt
It’s pretty common knowledge that there are a variety of petroleum products that go in your car (as well as various components such as rubber tires), but how often do you think about the petroleum within the roads that...
A Video Message From Our President
Announcing our red brick studio at PSC Here at Petroleum Service Company, we’re proud to say that we have recently been making a lot of changes—first with the relaunch of our new site, and now with the introduction of...
The Fascinating Relationship Between Hydraulic Systems and Spiders
What do spiders and hydraulic presses have in common? If your immediate thought is something along the lines of crushing (because spiders are creepy crawly little monsters that most people smoosh with their shoes), I’m...
Petroleum Product of the Week: Tape
It’s all about that tape. “…the brainchild of a banjo-playing, engineering school dropout who had limited background in Chemistry and who had no idea what he was getting into…” Picture this: 1920s America...
The New and Improved Petroleum Service Company
We Are Industrial Pioneers Petroleum Service Company is the pioneer of online petroleum sales. But what does that mean, exactly? If you break it down, you can start with the obvious: we sell petroleum online. But not...
Petroleum Product of the Week: Lego Bricks
Lego bricks are all fun and games until you step on one—then it’s game over. According to the Lego Group, who share some Lego facts on their website (“amaze your class with these awesome LEGO facts!”), on average, every...