Romania stolen piece by piece: how the Astra Refinery was destroyed. The history of crude oil, put on display

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Romania stolen piece by piece: how the Astra Refinery was destroyed. The history of crude oil, put on display

The privatization of Astra Română Ploiești in 1997 was one of the first cannons given after the revolution by businessmen, who became millionaires in euros in the following years. Ioan Niculae managed to get his hands on this business, after paying 16 million dollars for 51% of the shares. The crude oil processing facilities were rebuilt during the communist period, after being damaged in World War II, and had a processing capacity of 900,000 to…