Lucas had never seen anything like it. No human had. The Lucas No. 1 well changed the world forever. That first well produced at a greater rate than all other American oil wells in existence—combined. In a matter of days, in fact, the pastures around Spindletop would be producing more than the rest of the world’s oil wells—combined. Of those first six Texas oil wells, three produced at a higher rate than the entire country of Russia, then the world’s top producer.
