Almost 55 000 oil & gas wells were dug in Romania. A name was required for each one of the spud well. Usually the name of a well includes a number, a name after owner and a location. In the early years many of that wells were named after the owner ( private investor or company ), land owner, location, objective, layer, driller and so on. After WW ׀׀ the names of the wells include abbreviations after the national department responsible with oil & gas exploitation. Almost 45 000 of these wells are abandoned or propose to be abandoned. Nowadays the number of wells in production is approximately 6 000. The others are in injection, suspended, waiting for intervention/workover and so on. Many of older wells were reactivated, withdrown to an upper layer or used for sidetracks. Below are some abbreviations used to name the Romanian oil & gas wells dug over time and the years between those abbreviations were most used :
ACEX - Administraţia Comercială pentru Prospecţiuni şi Exploatări Miniere ( 1927-1948 )
AFR-Aquila Franco-Română ( 1901-1928 )
AR-Astra Romana
CC-Concordia ( 1900-1949 )
COL-Colombia
CP-Costel Petrescu ( 1914-1949 10 oil wells - all of them at Baicoi )
CM/CRM-Creditul Minier
DGP-Directia Generala a Petrolului ( 1953-1961 )
GM-Gaz Metan Medias
GP-Generala Petrolifera ( 1918-1928 all of them at Baicoi ).
IRDP-Industria Romana de Petrol ( 1921-1949 )
IOP-Inter-Omnia-Petrolifera ( 1924-1930 ) - 11 oil wells drilled at Moreni, Runcu, Baicoi and Mislea
IPPGGH-Intreprinderea de Prospectiuni Geologice si Geofizice pentru Hidrocarburi ( 49 wells with 400 to 500 meters depth, spud between 1976 and 1982 on Runcu-Bustenari oilfield )
LR-Lutetia Romana ( 1907-1926 at Baicoi and Tintea )
MIP/Mipc-Ministerul Industriei si Petrolului si Industriei Carbunelui ( 1956-1962; the most of them were drilled in 1956 and 1957 )
MPC-Ministerul Petrolului si Carbunelui ( starting with 1947; the most of them were drilled in the 50s and the 60s)
MMPG-Ministerul Minelor Petrolului si Geologiei ( starting with 1956; the most of them were drilled in the 70s and the 80s )
MP-Ministerul Petrolului ( 1960-2001; the most of them were drilled in the 70s and the 80s )
NR-Naphta Romana ( 1914-1945 )
Olea-Romolea ( 1911-1930 )
P Block - Petrol Block ( 1915-1935 ) - 14 wells spud at Baicoi and Viforata
P - Petrom - oil wells spud after 2004
PH-Prahova ( 1908-1946 )
PR-Petrolul Romanesc ( 1908-1948 )
PM-Petrolifera Muntenia ( starting in 1948; the most of them were drilled in the 50s )
RA-Romano-Americana
RAP-Regia Autonoma a Petrolului ( 1990-2001 )
R Afric-Romano Africana ( 1929-1935 )
RED-Redeventa
Ren ROM-Renasterea Romana ( 1922-1927 )
RR-Regatul Roman ( 1905-1912 )
SDR-Sondrum ( 1930-1948 )
Sbs R-Subsolul Romanesc ( 1928-1931 all of them at Moreni )
S I/S II–Sindicat I /
Sindicat I ( 1903-1948 )
SRP-Sovrompetrol ( starting with 1947; the most of them were drilled in the 50s and the 60s)
SNP-Societatea Nationala a Petrolului ( 1996-2009 )
SR/STR-Steaua Romana
Top-Topolsky ( 1919-1946 10 wells - all of them at Baicoi )
UN-Unirea
Below are twelve of the oldest wells still in production today :
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Oil well No. 12 A AR Moreni Sud was drilled in 1910. The well is still in production. Tuicani, Moreni. |