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Spain's first oil at Valdeajos

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Spain's first oil at Valdeajos

Historical milestone · Sargentes de la Lora, Páramos, Burgos

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On 6 June 1964 some 6,000 litres of oil sprang from the ground at Valdeajos de la Lora; it was the first commercial crude oil find in Spain and it transformed life on these moorlands for half a century.

6 de junio de 1964

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