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Pechelbronn Oil Well Structure

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Pechelbronn Oil Well Structure

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    Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

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    May 24, 2022

    Did you know ? Alsace contains oil in its subsoil and it is in Merkwiller-Pechelbronn that the first oil exploitation site in Europe and in the world was opened. From the 18th century, exploitation took on an industrial dimension until the refinery closed in 1970. The geology of the Rhine divide explains a unique deposit which will be exploited by wells, drilling, pumping and even by mining galleries. Technical innovations have made Pechelbronn famous in the oil industry.
    The museum traces 500 years of oil history in Northern Alsace: the extent of the mine galleries and the refinery, the birth of the ANTAR company and the French Petroleum Institute, the first electric coring are just a few striking features of this unique saga. It also presents a complete overview of the geological formation of this oil and its unexpected uses.

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      Location: Kutzenhausen, Hagenau-Weißenburg, Alsace, France

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