Oil exploitation

Moreni was until the late nineteenth century a settlement essentially agricultural. Early twentieth century brings a profound change in the economy of the village, this time giving birth to the art of antique oil fields. Since the emergence of the first operation in the oil field, the profile of the village was determined by the presence of scaffolding oil production continuously modernized.

At the beginning of the twentieth century were raised in Moreni repair shops oilfield equipment , which from 1970 onwards turned and thrive, turning into businesses republican interest. These branches have experienced large increases in petroleum industrial production profile by changing the profile industrial complex in 1972 represent 53% of industrial production in construction machinery to represent only 26% as fuel industries.

If until 1965, when you said Moreni, in economic terms you thinking mandatory to oil (53% of industrial production) in 1990 the share of oil had fallen to 15%, keeping Moreni as oil city more like a sentimental idea.

Oil was the symbol of the village for about 100 years. Its history, divided into two stages, profoundly affected people's lives and the evolution of society in Moreni. Although after 1965 the share of oil in Morenii economy has been increasingly reduced, Moreni remained known to the country and even many chancellors of the great powers, through OIL.

The Fire from Moreni

Events in the world of oil becomes sometimes a sensational character. Piscovului Valley remained famous for fires in the area, as well as Bana Hill, as well as Tuicani plateau. Fires from Moreni - the most important center of the country and also the most terrible fire place. Does anyone could list all wells on fire? Books recorded only major calamities. But fire that would bring global celebrity Morena breaks the morning of May 28, 1929, to probe 160 Romanian - American. The probe was in full swing. It is 1455 m drill deep, reaching the third layer of the Neolithic. Once you have extracted 23 poles, there is a small eruption clouds.

It was nine o'clock in the morning. But people can not mount the device securely for the flood became stronger, preventing them from working, precipitated to close other device to prevent the eruption but threads pieces do not fit. And henceforth nature rages. Violence erupts with gas and oil pipes and throws out the digs. They hit you geamblacul probe designs to over 200 meters. The entire seal length of 662 m is disposed on the outside, by a violent gas eruption. Sparks, caused by the collision stem element, suddenly set fire probe. At 9.30 when the explosion occurred, the massive tower is designed in the air like a clod of paper.

Blown flames have spread rapidly, including other probes and four fuel tanks in the immediate vicinity. "At one time - " The Universe" newspaper wrote, a special correspondent of May 30 - the plateau Tuicani seemed a sea of flames that threatened to contain momentarily, all human hand has built on these lands. With combined forces, residents, workers, professionals, managed to localize the fire. In the evening, burning as rough, only 160 probe: "It is considered to be a fire lasting" end "Universe" correspondence. Indeed, the probe 160 fire lasted until 10 October 1931. It caused great damages. About fire at Moreni found worldwide. They began to run everywhere, through foreign countries journalists, photographers, all sorts of curious. It was consumed here several kilos of film, photographic clichés million, wagons full of paper and ink rivers.

Travellers on trains that deviate night across the plains dark of Munteniei towards the brilliance of Capital looked with fear at first in Bucegi horizon, the reflection motionless and red of this modern conflagration as through a mullet turned to nights of horror weather not very far when the Tartars were given country.
Nowadays no longer scare anyone. Born and raised in the country, a true-born as a curse thrown aside lands admiring technical progress of Tugomir Basarab, The Fire from Moreni was embedded in our habits and became for foreigners a local color as an ancestral tradition.