Rare Historical Photo

Romanian oil wells at Moreni in the 20s

Romanian oil wells

Photo with Romanian oil wells in the 70s.

Steel derricks at Ticleni

Steel derricks. Ticleni oilfield in the 80s.

Colored postcard with oil wells

Moreni oilfield in interwar period.

And the rest is history..


Moreni, Tuicani oilmen

Romano-Americana welding workshop

In the oil field

Oil well derricks in the petroleum district Baicoi in 1929

Creditul Minier oil wells

Creditul Minier oil wells at Baicoi in 1940

An oil well alight in Romania in 1910


Ochiuri oilfield

Astra Romana oil wells at Ochiuri in 1924.
Special thanks to Jeff Spencer,
President of Petroleum History Institute

Ploiesti - oil well gusher

Special thanks to Jeff Spencer
President of Petroleum History Institute

Old postcards from Bustenari oilfield

Special thanks to Jeff Spencer
President of Petroleum History Institute

Campina oil extraction-The beginnings

Handug oil wells and wooden derricks. Campina, 1905.

German cigarette card

 
Front and reverse of a German cigarette card 
showing a burning oil tank scene from Romania - WW I. 
Special thanks to Jeff Spencer,
 President of Petroleum History Institute.

Moinesti. Oil well in 1929

Moinesti. Oil well in 1929

Remember - 100 years ago...

Evening Capital News, January 09, 1917, Page 2

Campina hand dug oil wells


Romanian offshore oil industry

"Dobrogea Noua" 
9 Mai 1987

Drilling for gas in Transilvania

Drilling for gas in Transilvania

Romanian old oil theme postcards

Old postacards from Campina & Baicoi

Gusher in flames. Night vision.

Moreni. Oil eruption in flames. 
Night vision.

Postcard with 160 Romano-Americana burning

Postcard with 160 Romano-Americana burning

Oil well in intervention

Special operation on an oil well in Romania in the '30s

Oltenia oil industry

Oil industry in Oltenia in the '60s
Special thanks to Rador ( owner of the photos )

Pascov burning oil wells

Creditul Minier & Astra Romana oil wells burning at Pascov oilfield on 05.02.1928
Special thanks to Rador ( owner of the photos )

Oil and wells

Moreni oilfiled. Interwar period. Stefan Olteanu photos.

Drilling for oil in 1926

Wooden derricks at Moreni

"Eruptia sondei no. 12"

Gusher at Campina. Well no.12 Steaua Romana
1918

"Marele incendiu din Moreni"

"SONDA NO. 550 IN FLACARI - TREI LUCRATORI CARBONIZATI."
Adevărul, 36, nr. 12132, 15 august 1923