Minsk
60 years of Belorusneft: How pioneers built Belarus's drilling school
In 1966, Belarus began forming its oil industry, and specialists arrived in the republic from various regions of the USSR. They had to explore local geology largely from scratch.
The first drillers worked in difficult conditions, faced equipment shortages and accidents, but their experience laid the foundation for Belorusneft's drilling school, which has been developing for six decades.