In order to stop the fire of 160 Romano Americana and to capture the well production, three tunnels have been bored to reach the shaft of th...

Special thanks to Mr. Jeff Spencer Petroleum History Institute (PHI) VP; past president

At 9.20 in the morning of 28th May 1929 on Tuicani Plateau the well in drilling 160 RA blow out.  The eruption, that threw out 300 meters of...

On the 21st of October 1913 at 6 p.m. a major fire broke out and engulfed Tuicani-Cricov oil wells. Astra Romana and Romano-Americana compan...

 At 6.30 in the morning of 3rd May 1912 a big fire broke out on Ash Valley ( Valea Frasinului ) from an electric spark at oil well No. 2 COL...

A flat area at the middle of the hill where there used to be oil tanks  ( see the last photo ) Nowadays entrance on Ash Valley ( Valea Frasi...