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Moftin oil field

oil field in Satu Mare County, Romania

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 11, 2026
Entity authorityQ16896843 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Moftin oil field is an oil field located in Moftin, Satu Mare County. It was discovered in 2012 and developed by Rompetrol. It will begin production in 2014 and will produce oil. The total proven reserves of the Moftin oil field are around 20 million barrels (2.7 million tonnes), and production is centered on 500 barrels per day (79 m3/d).

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Moftin oil field” as oil field in Satu Mare County, Romania. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2012, 2014—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Moftin, field and Satu can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as oil field in Satu Mare County, Romania. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 11, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q16896843. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2012 and 2014.

Critical limits

Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
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Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Moftin oil field”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Moftin oil field primary sources, Moftin oil field archive and Moftin research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Moftin oil field”?
  2. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Moftin oil field” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.