BAICOI MINERAL OIL REFINERY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005800080011-2
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• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 8, 2011
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: September 12, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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1? The Ha3.coi refining plant was formerly the property of 5tea~aa Ro ai~, a.
subsid:i cry of Creditul I~inier, but eras nationalized on Il June 1948a
2 o The headquarters of the mineral oil pipeline for t}ba districts of Ca'~mpina-~
Arebu-~T3za.stenari, ITOr?ni, Glodeni, Sscaturile, Dr~~zieasa, Ii':~i~uren~i,n ~,s at
the seat of this refinery, In Sept~raber 198 the Folloeving persons here
employed t}u~re x
e.b One chief engineer as general manager, one inspeotor (a;1eo an engineer,
four chief forerun and about $0 specialist worlaaen.
bo At t}ie refinery proper were one mechanioal, engineer as head of the plant,
one- assistant ertginear, and 154 specialist vrorkrsena
c. Employed in tho tank area and in the a~chanical workshops c>rere four
forezs~n aboe~ ?4 specialist wox~en.
dfl Zn the'elsatrioal workshop 'c~ere tQro vloctrioal enginQVrs,.two foremen,
and eight speoialist 4~rkmenn
3~ The refinery 3s located~vrest of Haicoi, north of the raced leading from
}3ai.co3 to-the concrete Iiighavay xlo. 3 which leads fr~n I'loesti to Campina4
l~ccess to the plant is gainod ~vi.a I3aicoi~Ati lea-~elaga rondo There- are x~o
railroad sidings in the plant area, the rai~rcad station of Haicai being
2.5 kilornotvrs distant, The refinery premises enc~.ose an area 2,340 feet
by 1,000 feet.
~ o xn. 1948 ?300 tone of crude oil wore processed, producing .the follam~ring
derivati~ras: 2b percent gasoline, 16 percent Yulca oil, 12 percent different
lifht oils, 19 percent gasoline, b portent asphalt, 12 p?rcent Diesel oil,
and, 12 percent waste,
5o The legend of the attached sketch is as follrnvs:
a. 7.'he Administration buildiz~ located to the 1Qft of the entrance gate,
2~ f?e~ f"rom the roadA ~ ter story brick building, 260 feet by 33 feet b,~?
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and the bookkeeping affiae of the refineryy on the aexond floorn on the
right hand side, the offices of the pipeline headquarters, an the left hand
side, the technical and construction affixes of the refinery.
bo The pumphausa, laxated 200 feet distant from the Ackr-inistration building.
It is a brick building level with the ground, fifi feat by 50 feet by 23 feet
It is equipped with t~ao old Worthington duplex pampa, working at 710 Bounds
par square inch above atmospheric (a.a.~, power 300 tins within 24 hours
co The bailer house, located northwest of the puraphousa, 200 feat distant
fraan its It is a brink building lerrel with the ground, 66 feet by 40 feat
by 23 feet and is equipped with three Cornwall boilers, one with 255 pounds
per square ~i.rtch (aaae), the other two with 156 pounds per square inch (a.ao}o
The boilers produce steam for the Eorthington pumps, the refinery and the
heatiang of the pipelines in winter.
do Number 2 pumphause, 1303 fast from boiler house Number 1. In size and
type of installations, it is the same as pumphause Number 1.
e, f, g, and h. Farur refinery buildirigse These are built in linen running
fraun south t4 northwest, epaxed 130 feet apart. They era brick buildings
260 feet by 50 feat by 23 feat. In the fall of 1947 the old refining plant
was replaxad'rrith Soviet--supplied Tubesti3l installatiana for cracking,
The cooling towara are at the west oornsr of each buildingo
i, ~, Two workshop buildings, located 2.60 feet west of the refinery building,
and era epaoad 260 feet apart. They are old brink buildings level with the
graamd, each 330 feet by 40 feQt by 23 feet. In building i are eight lathes,
each with openings of from 9 to I6 feet, two of which are autametion There
is also ome milling machine and about six boring machines in this buildingo
J is an electrical repair shop with a switohbaerde oontroi apparatus, and
a tranaformero
ko A storehouse, located 260 feet crest of the workshop buildingso This is
an old brink building level with the ground and has a loft; its dimensions
are 500 feet by 33 feet by 40 feet. There era storarocros here for replacement
pipes for the pipelines, valves and other replacement parts and pieaas for
the pipelines in the dietrixt of Vales Lung. and 3reni and far the loading
ramp in Flore~ti, the railroad station. of Baixoi.
Comment a 50X1-H U M
to Ia July 1947 the Ger~ran shares of Crsditu2 Minier beaama the properi:y
of the Soviet-TJltranian trust "IIla?nePt" s which has a share of 50 poraent
(206 billions lei) in the Soviet oil company "Savrompetrol's".
2 o As the sketch sharers r the reported refiuvey i$ located betSV~een IH~.iaxi and
Flarreati and is in direct connection with the ofl lies rorhixh ruia,~ Campina~
Baiooi-FZoestiureioFete~ti?Cerna Veda-nConstan~aa This is provably
the reason ~rhy there are no rail sidings at this refinery.
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