Английская Википедия:Copșa Mică gas field

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The Copșa Mică gas field is a natural gas field located in Copșa Mică, Sibiu County. It was discovered in 1915 and developed by Romgaz. It began production in 1920 and produces natural gas and condensates. The total proven reserves of the Copșa Mică gas field are around 2.77 trillion cubic feet (80 km³), and production is slated to be around 3.7 million cubic feet/day (0.1×105m³) in 2010.[1][2][3]

The gas deposits in Romania have a very long history of exploitation, almost unique at the level of Europe and among the few such old fields that are still in production in the world.[4] Romania has important quantities of methane gas reserves, especially in the Transylvanian Plateau,[5]Шаблон:Rp where about 75% of the Шаблон:Cvt of the country's natural gas reserves are located.[6]

In the interwar period, Romania's program of geological works and drilling was amplified, highlighting the gas deposits from Copșa Mică, Bazna, Șaroș, and Șincai.[7][8]

On July 13, 1933, the biggest fire in the history of Romania occurred at gas well number 5 in Copșa Mică, with the flames reaching a height of Шаблон:Cvt. It took almost 7 years for the authorities to find a way to extinguish the fire, while American specialists were also called upon. In the end, the fire was put out by military forces, who used 4,681 drilling mud wagons and 3,753 water wagons, the equivalent of a Шаблон:Cvt long train set. After the fire was extinguished, there was a work stoppage, due to the opposition of the military authorities to work in the gas zone; this was due to the danger of the fire rekindling and it being easily detectable by enemy aircraft (see Bombing of Romania in World War II). Operations to stop the eruption resumed after 1944 and the gas eruption was finally completely eliminated in 1947. The eruption and the fire at the Copșa Mică gas field lasted 11 years in all; the gas flow estimated to have been lost through this eruption is equivalent to half of what the whole of Romania consumes in a year.[9]

The 1933 fire at the gas field led to the creation of a carbon black factory at Copșa Mică.[9] The emissions from the Copșa Mică works permeated the area for nearly sixty years, leaving soot on homes, trees, animals, and everything else in the area. For many years, the town was best known for its status as the second most polluted one in Europe after Chernobyl.[10]

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