Moreni gusher

Romania 1916 Prahova eruption oil fileds Schela Bana Moreni .

Scorus - Urlati oilfield

Scorus oil field. View over Iordacheanu
Scorus oil field. View over Iordacheanu
Romania - Prahova - Urlati - Scorus in 1928 .
 Valea Seman oilfield. View over Merez.
Scorus oilfield. Offices of Society Romano-Americana.
Scorus oil field. Steam boilers Astra Romana.

Bana oil tanks

Oil tanks at Bana,Moreni in the 80's .

Deep drilling at Moreni - Oil well No. 6000 Bis MP Moreni Nord

Oil well 6000 Bis MP Moreni Nord
in drilling at Moreni. 
The well was spud during the 80s. at a depth of 4391 meters
Personal photos taken in 1988.

Campina oilfield

Campina oilfield in the 30s .

Ticleni oilfield

In June 1948, Company "Creditul Minier" from the Site Bălteni open the drilling activities with well no. 1 Creditul Minier ( projected depth of 2000 m).The drilling has been stopped and the well was abandoned at 927 m, due to technical difficulties. When the first wells were put into production and confirmed certainty rich deposit of oil, heat engines was still used at isolated drilling wells but in Ţicleni and Bălteni, their role was replaced by steam power from the batteries of boilers that run on natural gas produce by wells. A battery of boilers provided steam for more drilling rigs in a certain drilling area. After 1953 the number of boilers batteries for drillings wells to be dug with steam soared so that Ţicleni oilfield was immersed in a steam fog, infernal noise.
''Petroleum is the backbone of Rumanian industry and of the country’s general economy.In the peak pre-war year of 1936 production ran at 8,700,000 tons,but in the immediate post-war years it amounted to only half this,but it is now claimed that with the discovery of new oilfields production has recovered and in 1961 reached the new peak of 11,582,000 tons''-
source Agerpres ,1963.
Through the Gorj district of Romania. Ticleni, 1968.

J.Fisher Moreni oilfield views

Moreni oil field was the most important interwar romanian oil production center. Original photos are taken in 1935 by J.Fisher from Sibiu.
View from Bana hill with wooden derricks.
In the distance it can be seen Tuicani Plateau and oil wells on Pleasa & Cristianu hills.
Pascov oil wells in 1935.

Gushing fire at Campina

Oil wells ablaze.Campina.Romania

Moinesti oil field

Romania,Moinesti,Schela Steaua Romana-oil derricks

Foreman Constantin Constantinescu

Foreman Constantin Constantinescu and his team of mechanics
Gulden engine assembly at oil well No. 47 Creditul Minier
Locatia sondei 47 CRM Moreni Sud: 44.96803419,25.61920335
Oil well No. 47 CRM Moreni Sud was spud in 1930 at Pascov, Moreni at a depth of 934 meters.
Certificate of good skill issued by oil company Aquila Franco-Romana.
Arbanasi, Prisosul oilfield
The approval issued after the war regarding the right to work as a mechanic foreman in the Romanian territory

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Puits de petrole de Bustenari

''Avec la culture des cereales,le petrole est la richesse de la Roumanie.Les puits s’allongent au pied des Karpates,sur une bande d’environ 10 kilometres de large,en Valachie.Naguere rudimentaire,l’exploitation se fait aujourd’huiavec une technique irreproachable.Bien qu’un partie soulement des cites soit actuellement exploitee,la Roumanie est le second producteur de petrole en Europe;elle en vend notamment a la France''
(Photo Chusseau-Flavians).

Petroleum Quellen,Campina

Eruption einer Erdöl Sonde - Campina 1918
 Petroleum quellen - puits de pétrole 1918
 Petroleum Quellen,Campina

Astra Romana - Les raffineries de pétrole

Les raffineries de pétrole de la société Astra Romana prise par le directeur de
Banca Minelo et de Romana-Africana.

Astra Romana workshops

 View over the Astra Romana Central Workshops.
Photos made in 20s and 70s

Ploiesti oil industry

Oil refinery in Ploiesti,1979.

Petroleum exploitation in Pascov

Moreni,Pascov town district.