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OIL FIELD IN B\u00d3BRKA <\/strong><\/p>\n

Natural seepages of crude oil had been taking place in the forest in B\u00f3brka for a long time, but it was not until 1854 when the oil field was established,<\/strong> and the industrial exploitation began. The pioneers of oil industry and the founders of the oil field in B\u00f3brka were: Ignacy \u0141ukasiewicz<\/strong> \u2013 a modest pharmacist; Tytus Trzecieski<\/strong> \u2013 a landowner and the initiator of establishment of the oil field, and\u00a0 Karol Klobassa-Zrencki<\/strong> \u2013 the owner of B\u00f3brka. Thanks to smooth cooperation, engagement and great operability of the creators, the first multidimensional oil company in the world<\/strong> was founded.<\/p>\n

ON 31 JULY 1853 in a hospital in \u0141yczak\u00f3w district in Lw\u00f3w kerosene lamps were lit publically for the first time. This date went down in history as the symbolic date of THE BIRTH OF OIL INDUSTRY.<\/p>\n

In 1854 \u0141ukasiewicz was invited by Tytus Trzecieski to B\u00f3brka, where natural seepages of crude oil were discovered. In 19th century crude oil was called \u201erock oil\u201d. Trzecieski proposed the establishment of an oil company which would be concerned with exploitation of the deposit in B\u00f3brka. They began to drill the first pits \u2013 crude oil wells. In 1855 in \u201eWojciech\u201d pit was discovered a large oil flow. It was followed by the establishment of the distillery in Ulaszowice in 1856.<\/p>\n

In 1861 the oil company was officially created, although the agreement was concluded only verbally. Trzecieski invested in cash, Klobassa donated the land for building of the oil field, and \u0141ukasiewicz assumed leadership of the whole company.<\/p>\n

The thriving enterprise was dissolved on \u0141ukasiewicz\u2019s initiative in 1871, when he resigned from 1\/3 of company shares, remaining at the same time a director. He still ran the refinery and bought from the shareholders raw material to be distilled, but he did not receive the income from the oil field which was famous for perfect organisation and modern methods of extraction. Labourers came from local villages.\u00a0
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\nThe basis of the oil field was a ditch with a length of 120 metres and a depth of 120 centimeters which was dug\u00a0 in a place called Wrzanka, where heavy oil spills were observed. \u0141ukasiewicz modernised the enterprise using the expert advice of contemporary authorities in the field of geology and well drilling. He was assisted in improving drilling methods by Adolf Jab\u0142o\u0144ski and Henryk Walter, who introduced percussion drilling by means of Fabian\u2019s free fall jars. A large improvement was the introduction of a drive of steam engine by Albert Fauck, which eliminated to a large extent the human effort and made it possible to drill up to a depth of 240 metres.<\/p>\n

\u0141ukasiewicz became completely engaged in crude oil processing, obtaining exceptionally good kerosene types. Global tycoons of oil industry got interested in him. He distributed refinery products in shops in Tarn\u00f3w, Krak\u00f3w and Warsaw. He was personally engaged in advertising petroleum products, taking part in national and international exhibitions. He combined industrial activity with public and social one.<\/p>\n

After \u0141ukasiewicz\u2019s death the oil field was directed by Adolf Jab\u0142o\u0144ski, and then Zenon Suszycki. The oil field in B\u00f3brka survived the turmoil of war and experienced another revival in the 1950s, when a new deposit was discovered on the southern fold of the anticline. On the premises of the museum there are still active oil wells.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

OIL FIELD IN B\u00d3BRKA Natural seepages of crude oil had been taking place in the forest in B\u00f3brka for a long time, but it was not until 1854 when the oil field was established, and the industrial exploitation began. The pioneers of oil industry and the founders of the oil field in B\u00f3brka were: Ignacy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-kopalnia.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1516","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobrka.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobrka.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobrka.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobrka.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobrka.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1516"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/bobrka.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14634,"href":"https:\/\/bobrka.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1516\/revisions\/14634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobrka.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}