world's first offshore oil wells
... that the world's first offshore oil wells began operations in as early as 1896 when oil was drilled from piers along the coast of Summerland, California, USA?
... that the <b id="mwE1o"><a href="./Summerland_Oil_Field" id="mwE1s" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Summerland Oil Field">world's first offshore oil wells</a></b> began operations in as early as 1896 when <a href="./Petroleum" id="mwE1w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Petroleum">oil</a> was <a href="./Oil_well" id="mwE10" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Oil well">drilled</a> from <a href="./Pier" id="mwE14" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Pier">piers</a> along the coast of <a href="./Summerland,_California" id="mwE18" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Summerland, California">Summerland</a>, <a href="./California" id="mwE2A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="California">California</a>, <a href="./United_States" id="mwE2E" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United States">USA</a>?