Vega Refinery is a Romanian oil refinery owned by Rompetrol and located in Ploiești, Prahova County. The refinery has a processing capacity of over 350,000 tons of feedstock/year. It is also the sole producer of hexane and bitumen in Romania with a production capacity of 66,000 tons of bitumen per year.
Aerial view of the refinery in 2009
USAAF B-24 bombers attacking the refinery on 31 May 1944
Ploiești, formerly spelled Ploești, is a city and county seat in Prahova County, Romania. Part of the historical region of Muntenia, it is located 56 km (35 mi) north of Bucharest.
Image: Casa Luca Elefterescu, azi Muzeul Ceasului "Nicolae Simache" (2)
Image: Ploiesti Catedrala 3
Image: Banca Romaneasca 2
Image: Casa Ghiță Stoenescu, azi clinica Alfa Medical Center, Bd. Independenței nr. 27, Ploiești (1)