Borzești Petrochemical Plant
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Borzeşti Petrochemical Plant (formerly GIP - Borzeşti Petrochemical Industrial Group) is an industrial complex consisting of five large-scale plants: Synthetic Rubber and Petrochemicals Complex, No. 10 Oil Refinery, Borzești Chemical Plant, Borzești Power Plant and Chemical Equipment Company, being the largest industrial complex in Bacău County and the largest unit of its kind in Romania,[1] which covers an area of 1,038 hectares (2,560 acres), with an average length of 9.4 km (5.8 mi) and a width of 1.8 to 3.4 km (1.1 to 2.1 mi).[2] It is located on the Trotuș Valley, on the northeastern outskirts of Onești (named between 1965 and 1990 Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej).[3]
Company type | Public |
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Industry | Oil refining, petrochemical industry, chemical industry, energy |
Founded | 1952 |
Founders | Mihail Florescu, Minister of Chemical Industry (1952 – 1957) in First Gheorghiu-Dej cabinet |
Headquarters | Onești, Romania |
Revenue | ROL 7 billion (1979) |
Number of employees | 12,000 (1989) |
Its construction began in 1952 and the first plants were put into operation in 1956 at the No. 10 Oil Refinery.[4]
On April 1, 1969, the three distinct plants on the industrial platform in Borzeşti merged into the giant "Petrochemical Industrial Group Borzeşti" complex,[5] and in 1973 it was renamed the "Borzeşti Petrochemical Plant".[6] The abandonment of the centralized management system of the Romanian economy in 1990 determined the reappearance of the distinct entities,[7] thus the Petrochemical Platform was divided into the private companies: Carom Onești, Rafo, Chimcomplex, Întreprinderea Electrocentrale Borzeşti and Uton.[1]