Polmin
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Polmin was a Polish state-owned enterprise, which controlled excavation, transport and distribution of natural gas
. Founded in 1909, it was nationalized in 1927, with headquarters in Lwów. Polmin operated a large oil refinery in Drohobycz, which in late 1930s employed around 3000 people. The refinery purified oil extracted from rich fields of southern part of the Second Polish Republic
(Gorlice
, Boryslaw
, Jasło, and Drohobycz). Some Polish-language sources claim that Polmin refinery in Drohobycz was in late 1930s the biggest in Europe.
Natural gas
Natural gas is a naturally occurring gas mixture consisting primarily of methane, typically with 0–20% higher hydrocarbons . It is found associated with other hydrocarbon fuel, in coal beds, as methane clathrates, and is an important fuel source and a major feedstock for fertilizers.Most natural...
. Founded in 1909, it was nationalized in 1927, with headquarters in Lwów. Polmin operated a large oil refinery in Drohobycz, which in late 1930s employed around 3000 people. The refinery purified oil extracted from rich fields of southern part of the Second Polish Republic
Second Polish Republic
The Second Polish Republic, Second Commonwealth of Poland or interwar Poland refers to Poland between the two world wars; a period in Polish history in which Poland was restored as an independent state. Officially known as the Republic of Poland or the Commonwealth of Poland , the Polish state was...
(Gorlice
Gorlice
Gorlice is a city and an urban municipality in south eastern Poland with around 29,500 inhabitants . It is situated south east of Kraków and south of Tarnów between Jasło and Nowy Sącz in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship , previously in Nowy Sącz Voivodeship...
, Boryslaw
Boryslaw
Borysław may refer to:* Boryslav, Ukraine, called Borysław in Polish*Borysław, Łódź Voivodeship...
, Jasło, and Drohobycz). Some Polish-language sources claim that Polmin refinery in Drohobycz was in late 1930s the biggest in Europe.