Moreni-Stavropoleos oil wells

Moreni-Stavropoleos in 1929 

A.I. Cuza street

Photographer A.E. Frankl 

Vintage photo property of Getty Images

Drill for petroleum

American workers drill for petroleum at a drilling rig in Romania 

Photo by A. & E. Frankl

Oil fire in the Constanta harbour

Petroleum tank in flames in Constanta harbour

Drillers at Boldesti

Drillers at Boldesti in the 60s.

 

The brave early oilmen...

Handug oil well. 

Oilmen at Vulcanesti-Bustenari, Prahova, 1914.

Bustenari and ''hecna cu cal''

Bustenari drilling an oil pit with ''hecna cu cal'' in 1903

Bustenari and ''hecna cu cal''

Early oil exploitation

Prahova wooden  derrick, pipeline and storage tanks in the 1900s.

Puits de petrole de Recea

 Puits de petrole de Recea

Photo by Deyrolle, fils d'Émile