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Part of the historical region of Muntenia, it is located 56 km (35 mi) north of Bucharest. The area of Ploiești is around 60 km 2 (23 sq mi), and it borders the Blejoi commune in the north, Bărcănești and Brazi communes in the south, Târgșoru Vechi commune in the west, and Bucov and Berceni communes in the east.
Petrotel Lukoil Refinery is one of the largest Romanian oil refineries and one of the largest in Eastern Europe, located in Ploieşti, Prahova County.Its main activity is the processing of Romanian and Russian oil, but a separate unit is specialised in biodiesel production and another unit specialises in energy production. [1]
Ploieşti metropolitan area is a proposed metropolitan area project, launched in 2003. [2] [3]It will be formed from Ploieşti municipality and surrounding communities: Ariceștii Rahtivani, Bărcăneşti, Berceni, Blejoi, Brazi, Bucov, Păuleşti and Târgșoru Vechi.
Operation Tidal Wave was an air attack by bombers of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) based in Libya on nine oil refineries around Ploiești, Romania, on 1 August 1943, during World War II.
The A7 motorway (Romanian: Autostrada A7), [1] also known as the Ploiești–Siret Motorway (Romanian: Autostrada Ploiești–Siret) or the Moldavia Motorway (Romanian: Autostrada Moldovei), [2] is a partially built motorway in Romania, that upon completion will link Ploiești to the north-eastern part of the country, partly along the Pan-European Corridor IX.
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Petrobrazi was founded on 17 June 1934 by the Creditul Minier Society in a strategic industrial zone of 440 ha (4.4 km 2) located in Southern Romania near Ploiești. [3] The first oil processing capacity was established in 1934 and had a processing capacity of 300,000 tonnes/year. [1]
The Ploiești National Coal Company (Romanian: Societatea Națională a Cărbunelui Ploiești) was set up as a commercial endeavor by the Government of Romania in 1957. The main headquarters of the company is placed in Ploiești, Prahova County.