https://www.earthmagazine.org/tags/oil-field/ Recent content in Oil Field on EARTH Magazine Hugo en-US American Geosciences Institute. All rights reserved. Fri, 20 Nov 2015 10:24:46 -0500 https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/benchmarks-august-2-1922-marines-invade-teapot-dome-deepen-scandal/ Fri, 20 Nov 2015 10:24:46 -0500 https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/benchmarks-august-2-1922-marines-invade-teapot-dome-deepen-scandal/ <figure class="earth-figure"> <img src="https://www.americangeosciences.org/static/earth/benchmarks-august-2-1922-marines-invade-teapot-dome-deepen-scandal/05-Teapot_Rock_group.jpg" alt="Teapot Dome in Wyoming today and in 1927 (inset). Credit: both: courtesy of the U.S. Department of Energy." loading="eager" decoding="async"> <figcaption>Teapot Dome in Wyoming today and in 1927 (inset). Credit: both: courtesy of the U.S. Department of Energy.</figcaption> </figure> <figure class="earth-figure"> <img src="https://www.americangeosciences.org/static/earth/benchmarks-august-2-1922-marines-invade-teapot-dome-deepen-scandal/04a-Marines_Land_1922.jpg" alt="On Aug. 2, 1922, U.S. marines took over the oilfields at Teapot Dome. Credit: courtesy of the U.S. Department of Energy." loading="lazy" decoding="async"> <figcaption>On Aug. 2, 1922, U.S. marines took over the oilfields at Teapot Dome. Credit: courtesy of the U.S. Department of Energy.</figcaption> </figure> <p>Early in the morning of Aug. 2, 1922, soldiers from the United States Marine Corps arrived at the train station in Casper, Wyo. They had been traveling for three days from the East Coast to reach an important government facility, officially designated the Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 3 (NPR-3), better known as Teapot Dome. Their orders, which President Warren Harding had approved only the week before, were to evict trespassers from a small oil claim in the northern end of the reserve. Following a quick breakfast, the soldiers proceeded north by car under the command of Capt. George K. Shuler. He had hand-picked the men, with whom he had fought in World War I.</p>