Gulf Coast Live
Encore: 'Sunniland' Explores the Story of the First Oil Well in S. Florida During WWII
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 0:27:30
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Synopsis
In 1942 and 1943, German U-boats sank more than one hundred tankers in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea , impeding the flow of crude oil to the refineries in the northeastern United States. This was war time, so in response, the American government encouraged drilling for oil in South Florida, and it was discovered here first near Everglades City .
