Eruption of oil well no. 11 CRM Filipesti

Oil well no. 11 CRM Filipesti was spud by ''Creditul Minier Company'' in 1932 at 1756 meters in search of the Meotian layer. The well is located on the Bana hill, 2 km away from the Moreni city center. The eruption started on August 4, 1932, around 3 ia.m., when the oilmen were perforating the well casing in front of the Meotian layer. Large amounts of oil and gases flooded the Bana area. The production was estimated at about 2,000 tons of oil per day ( ''200 vagoane de titei pe zi'' ). The function of the wells and installations in the vicinity of the well was stopped. The  traffic on the national road Moreni-Baicoi was stopped. The trees in the surrounding area were cut. All of these measures were taken in order to avoid another disaster like 160 RA 1929-1931 fire.

 

Adevărul, 46, nr. 14903, 5 august 1932 

Adevărul, 46, nr. 14905, 7 august 1932

Adevărul, 46, nr. 14907, 10 august 1932

Latitude and longitude of location : 44.980486,25.67333279

Campina-Draganeasa oil gushers

Oil well No.65 SR Campina Draganeasa spud in 1905 at 404m

Oil well No. 2 Krauss Campina Draganeasa spud in 1899 at 392m

Oil well No.12 SR Campina Draganeasa spud in 1899 at 390m

Oil well No. 34 SR Campina Draganeasa spud in 1901 at 355m

4 oil wells on fire at Moreni in 1914

Romano-Americana oil wells in flames at Tuicani, Moreni

17 of July 1914 

Photo by Hiemesch Moreni

Baicoi well No. 7

 

In the interior of the wooden deriick of oil well No. 7 from Baicoi

Wooden derricks for oil extraction in the Campina oilfield

Colorized view with Campina oilfield,

In the oil fields..

 

Drilling for oil in Romania

American and romanian workers drill for petroleum at a drilling rig in Romania in 1929

Oil trade

A worker rolls barrels of petroleum for further transport to Moreni railway station in Romania in 1929