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  2. Oil industry in Poland - Wikipedia

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    The field currently (2023) accounts for four per cent of Poland’s oil production. The Barnówko-Mostno-Buszewo oil field is an oil field that was discovered in 1993. It began production in 1994. Its proven oil reserves are about 90 million barrels (14 × 10 ^ 6 m 3) and proven reserves of natural gas are around 350 billion cubic feet (9.9×10 ...

  3. Płock refinery - Wikipedia

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    In the early 1950s the Polish government wished to develop a petrochemicals industry for the country, to reduce reliance on imports. [1] In Poland there were only five small specialist refineries, which together produced less than one million tonnes annually. Authorisation to build the country’s first large-scale crude oil refinery was given ...

  4. History of the petroleum industry - Wikipedia

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    Oil field in California, 1938. The modern history of petroleum began in the nineteenth century with the refining of paraffin from crude oil. The Scottish chemist James Young in 1847 noticed a natural petroleum seepage in the Riddings colliery at Alfreton, Derbyshire from which he distilled a light thin oil suitable for use as lamp oil, at the same time obtaining a thicker oil suitable for ...

  5. Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo - Wikipedia

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    The newly erected facilities and 14 wells were expected to produce around 100 million cubic metres of natural gas and 300,000 tonnes of crude oil, and together with another Norwegian project, doubled PGNiG's total oil production levels. [26] [27] [28] Poland and PGNiG had been following plans to reduce dependence on Russian gas for several ...

  6. Timeline of Polish science and technology - Wikipedia

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    Ignacy Łukasiewicz, Polish pharmacist and petroleum industry pioneer who in 1856 built the world's first oil refinery; his achievements included the discovery of how to distill kerosene from seep oil, the invention of the modern kerosene lamp, the introduction of the first modern street lamp in Europe, and the construction one of the world's ...

  7. Timeline of Polish history - Wikipedia

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    This is a timeline of Polish history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Poland and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Poland .

  8. Ignacy Łukasiewicz - Wikipedia

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    He was a pioneer who in 1856 built the world's first modern oil refinery. [1] [2] [3] His achievements included the discovery of how to distill kerosene from seep crude oil, the invention of the modern kerosene lamp (1853), the introduction of the first modern street lamp in Europe (1853), and the construction of the world's first modern oil ...

  9. Gdańsk Refinery - Wikipedia

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    Gdańsk oil refinery is a 10.5 million tonne per year (210,000 barrels per day, bpd) refinery located near the Polish city of Gdańsk on the Baltic Sea. The refinery was established in 1975 to supply fuels and lubricants, and has undergone several upgrades and expansions to increase its capacity and the range of products available.