After the Romanian Revolution of
1989, Ploieşti experienced rapid economic growth due to major investments from
foreign companies. The city is situated at just 60 km north from Bucharest,
with promising infrastructure projects currently underway. Ploieşti is a strong
industrial center, focused especially on the oil production and refining
industry. Although oil production in the region is declining steadily, there is
still a thriving processing industry through four operating oil refineries,
linked by pipelines to Bucharest, the Black Sea port of Constanţa and the
