The Gura Ocniței oil field is a giant oil field located in

Gura Ocniței Gura Ocniței is a commune in Dâmbovița County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Adânca, Gura Ocniței, Ochiuri and Săcueni. Natives * Mircea Drăgan Mircea Drăgan (3 October 1932 – 31 October 2017) was a Romania ...

Dâmbovița County Dâmbovița County (also spelt ''Dîmbovița'', ) is a county ( județ) of Romania, in Muntenia, with the capital city at Târgoviște, the most important economic, political, administrative and cultural center of the county. It has an area of ...

. It was discovered in 1900 and developed by

Petrom OMV Petrom S.A. is a Romanian integrated oil company, controlled by Austria's OMV. It is one of the largest corporations in Romania and the largest oil and gas producer in Southeast Europe. Since 2004 it is a subsidiary of OMV. History In lat ...

. It began production in 1905 and produces

oil An oil is any nonpolar chemical substance that is composed primarily of hydrocarbons and is hydrophobic (does not mix with water) & lipophilic (mixes with other oils). Oils are usually flammable and surface active. Most oils are unsaturated ...

. The total

proven reserves Proven reserves (also called measured reserves, 1P, and reserves) is a measure of fossil fuel energy reserves, such as oil reserves, natural gas reserves, and coal reserves. It is defined as the " antity of energy sources estimated with reasonabl ...

of the Gura Ocniței oil field are around 1.87 billion barrels (255×10⁶tonnes), and production is centered on . The oil field located in Gura Ocniței is the largest in

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...

and produced around 1 billion barrels since its commercial opening.

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