OIL DRILLINGS IN THE BANAT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R008600240003-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 31, 2000
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: September 21, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT
S BiECT ti.'. Drill toms in the Banat
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The t ovtirnment Enterprise for Exploration and Exploitation of
Pet-pleura Resources has a separate directorate for the at in
Zre i janin? The main office of the Enterprise is in Belerade.
T ho =umber of employees in the Zrenjanin office is listed as 40 $no
20 The Zreiijanin directorate has divisions for the exploration and
drib lit ; of petroleum in the followiz cities s
a. aj, near Pancevo
by Veli kz 'recta, near Vrsac
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e, Stara Beoej
3. The ;.;anacer of the division in Stan. Bete j is Ivan Zadrevad, a
araetzate of the 9 trolet.*L section of the Mine School in Zaprebo
The division in Q,iari Beoej has app ?oximawely 20 a tployees who
wort- in three 8-hour shifts, six days a waek. The - Stara Bece j
div ?_sion has a ooraplete set of new Trausel drillinr- machines (sic)
of 4 .ited States oar :faoture. The machines are capable of
dri:iinn to the depth of 2,500 meters. The electricity for the
machines is supplied by the power plant of Stara Bece j o
4, In canuary 1951 i is reported that the drilling team at
Vel ;key Greda reached a layer of salt water which was believed
to l just above the petroleum.
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