After the revolutionary invention of the kerosene lamp in 1853 year by the Polish chemist and entrepreneur of Armenian origin Ignatius Lukaszewicz (1822 – 1882), began to appreciate the benefits, offered by the petroleum. It was the kind of impulse, which gave rise to the oil industry in the area of ​​Galicia then belonging to the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

At the foothills of the External Western Carpathians and Eastern, by fitting the block to the north in the Carpathian, was Foredeep. Its emergence is associated with the last stages of the Carpathians tektogenezy. Carpathian depression is filled with Miocene sediments malasowymi. The Miocene sediments miąższych, the alternating layers of sedimentary material, which for centuries were deposited in this area were formed from the transformed plant and animal debris deposits of oil and natural gas. Later, these layers are covered with various materials of glacial origin.

The first mine was established in this area 1854 at the initiative of Ignacy Lukasiewicz in Bóbrka near Krosno. To activate the underdeveloped mountainous areas, commissioned by the rulers of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, was commissioned the construction of Railways transversal Galician.

In the area of ​​the current Ukrainian East Podkarpacie, in the second half of the nineteenth century, started intensive oil exploration in the area Borysław, Drohobych, Schidnyci, Sambora and Dobromil. At that time, the Habsburg Empire cared about the development of oil industry, created the technical infrastructure, brought turn. Boryslav attracted many investors from Europe, because it had a very productive deposits.

At the beginning of the twentieth century, with deep wells 900-1000 m mined per day 3 k. tonnes of crude oil. In addition to the area of ​​oil was extracted from natural gas and ozokerite (natural wax), which is a very valuable resource in balneology.

According to statistics the extraction of raw materials, given in October 1992 year, counting from the 1886 year, Borysławski of Oil and Gas Region excavated: 42,8 million tonnes of oil, 261,1 k. tons of condensate and 18,325 billion m³ gas. For years 90. Twentieth century virtually stopped searching for new oil deposits in the eastern sub-Carpathian region. On the day of Borysławski and Schidnyckiego Oil and Gas Region excavated respectively 72,6% and 99,5% oil stocks.

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Boryslav, natural gas, ozokeryt, industry, petroleum, mining