Bustenari oil field-old photos


Bustenari,1916.This oilfield was spread over a large expanse of territory situated between the Telega and Doftana villages and contains the sections known as Telega - Calinet - Grusar - Mislisoara - Gropi - Chiciura - Bustenari—Stejar and Bordeni. It was very old field and oil has been extracted until the point of exhaustion. Between 1900 and 1919 the wells do not fluctuate too much in their production and many wells have been steadily producing with no appreciable diminution . In 1916 the number of oil wells reached 402 in production and 190 in drilling held by 80 companies or private owners.