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. The commune is located in the central part of Dâmbovița County, east of the county seat, Târgo ...

Dâmbovița County Dâmbovița County (; also spelt Dîmbovița) is a county () of Romania, in Muntenia, with the capital city at Târgoviște, the most important economic, political, administrative and cultural center of the county. It is a traditional administra ...

. 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. With 2022 reve ...

. 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) and lipophilic (mixes with other oils). Oils are usually flammable and surface active. Most oils are unsaturate ...

. The total

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

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

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

and produced around 1 billion barrels since its commercial opening.

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