NEW OIL REGIONS OF MOLDAVIA AND OLTENIA

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 8, 1999
• Sequence Number: 101
• Publication Date: February 25, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. Soviet author1t in Rumania are a g great hopes on the new oil-producing
equipment,
regions of I .: and Qite la Wallachia). In addition to work in
Maine ti lMo 4.v la where oil roduced for many years, there has been
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or oil in,,o1 y a . e ghty kilometers from Piatra-rileam
There is re m` o believe that fro Important deposits here.
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While this I 'ospecting has given excellent results, large scale exploitation is
not yet practical. Work is held up by delay in the arrival of the necessary
35 Another oil region, now flourishing, is Qorj Oltenia). Numerous drills have
been setup at Albeni, Balteni, Pestearua-Jiu (twenty kilometers from Targu-Jiu,
on the Targu-Jiu--Craiova line).
4. There has also been active exploitation at Sacel, a small bathing resort,
thirty-two kilometers from Targu-Jiu, in the direction of Raannicu},-l.cea. This
district seems to have a very promising future. The Soviet authorities are. in
absolute. control and are pushing exploitation intensively
5. A big depot for oil drilling equipment has been set up near the railroad station
at Targu-Jiu. To get it there quickly, all equipment is transported by motor
truck# The crude oil from the wells is shipped by tank trucks. The Rumanian
Government is also arranging for construction of a big refinery at Targu-Jiu.
The work has been entrusted to Sovromoonstructzia of Ploe*ti, which specializes
in construction of this sort. This new refinery will be located in the First of
May Street (formerly Strada General Dragalina), at Targu-Jiu. It will occupy
forty hectares,
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6. Eager for the greatest possible results, the Rumanian Government is trying to
get oil in certain other regions, at a depth of 3,000 meters. The plan is to
use a series of four pumps. Thus far no more than two pumps are being used, at
a depth not reported. Many militia and security agents are employed in
protecting this machinery, which, in Rumania, is very valuable and very rare.
Sabotage,is feared. In the active oil installations there is strict police
surveillance, to anticipate any possible danger.
7. Part of this equipment comes from Czechoslovakia, and part from the Resita
factory in Rumania.
8. In several of the oil regions around Ploestif, military precautions have been
added to those of the police, the security, and the militia. AA posts are very
thick. At Ca"Mpina, there is an ;A regiment, made up of specially trusted men.
This occupies the barracks of the former regiment of mountain troops. The force
Is so large that these do not suffice and additional barracks have been built.
9. At Ploe*ti a new building Is now ready for security forces, This is at the
corner of Vasile Lupu Street and Logofatul Taut. The building has three stories
above ground and two stories below ground. The latter have concrete cells, for
use as the local security prison. In the underground section there is also a
crematorium,of the most modern design.
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