160RA - the torch of Moreni
The slopes of the hills, were plainly visible ; oilwells derricks,hamlets and houses could be picked out as easily as at mid-day; and in the centre of this wild, flood-lighted saucer was 160 RA inferno.
Walachei Ölfeld Bohrtürme
WK1 Ostfront Câmpina Rumänien Walachei Ölfeld Bohrtürme
K.u.K Foto WW1 1918
K.u.K Foto WW1 1918
An oilfield at Bustenari
1938
Bringing to the surface the riches that lie under romanian soil.
"Next to wheat and corn that flourish on her fertile plains, Rumania's greatest source of wealth is petroleum, which is found in Moldavia, east of the Carpathians, and in Wallachia, south of the Transylvanian Alps. In this photograph we see some of the derricks erected over the wells at Bustenari in Wallachia. The oil is conveyed through a huge pipe to Constanza, a port on a Black Sea where there are great refineries, and from there it is shipped to other lands. With its oil-sodden ground and its derricks, a petroleum field is very ugly"
Tubing noodles
Well no. 2402 Recea in 1976
New Pool Wildcat drilled in 1976 to 2867 m.
400 meters of Ø 2 3/8" tubing blow out of well by a major eruption.
War ! What is it good for ?
Armoured personnel carriers Sd.Kfz. 251 from 16 Panzer-Division in Romanian Oil Fields.
Oil mines
Derna Tataros, Bihor bitumen mine in 1923.
Zielinski Wladislaw and his companions at
Sarata Monteoru oil mine in 1932.
Early oil exploitation
Oil exploitation with "hecna cu cal" system.
Oil pits in 1907.
Digging an oil well in 1907.