„Despite of the fact, that Mendeleyev was a remarkable subject of the Russian tsar and, after all, a scientist of great fame, Witold Zglenicki dreamt of working under the direction of Ignacy Łukasiewicz in the Polish oil industry.” Read more … Continued
„In the mid-1870s Ignacy Łukasiewicz, together with Karol Klobassa took the initiative to establish a lower mining school in Bóbrka, modelled on the one-year mining school at the salt pans in Wieliczka, which had been in existence for several years.” … Continued
The oil field in Bóbrka 1911. Source of picture: The Ignacy Łukasiewicz Oil and Gas Industry Museum in Bóbrka Read more in the book „A Prometheus on a Human Scale – Ignacy Łukasiewicz”, which can be found in the link … Continued
A Prometheus on a Human Scale – Ignacy Łukasiewicz! Piotr Franaszek, Paweł Grata, Anna Kozicka-Kołaczkowska, Mariusz Ruszel and Grzegorz Zamoyski. Peter Lang, Berlin 2019. https://www.peterlang.com/abstract/title/66373… Publication financed by The Ignacy Łukasiewicz Oil and Gas Industry Museum in Bóbrka, GAZ-SYSTEM, PERN … Continued
„Ignacy had many supporters. Even Klobassa (ovner of the land) for several years in a row neglected to collect rent from his partners for the exploitation of his land, also suggested to Trzecieski that they should invest a thousand guilders … Continued
Ignacy Łukasiewicz’s mansion in Chorkówka. Source of picture: The National Digital Archives. More in book „A Prometheus on a Human Scale – Ignacy Łukasiewicz”, which is coming soon!
„Łukasiewicz did not hesitate to start his insurgent work even from his prison cell. Through a guard, he made contact with an emissary from France and began to organise a network of the freedom movement, also involving his brother outside.” … Continued
„In 1854 Ignacy Łukasiewicz opened the first oil well in the history of the world, caused the excavation of its first shaft in the forest of Bóbrka, halfway from Dukla to Krosno. That is the year in which man made … Continued
The Editorial Board of the new scientific journal „Energy Policy Studies” cordially invites to cooperate as a SCIENTIFIC REVIEWER The Energy Policy Studies journal is a new field of activity of the established Ignacy Lukasiewicz Energy Policy Institute (EPI), whose mission is to … Continued
In 2016, the I. Lukasiewicz Institute of Energy Policy initiated a scientific project titled “Prometheus on a human scale – Ignacy Łukasiewicz”, the aim of which is to prepare the first biography of Ignacy Łukasiewicz in English. In 2018 an … Continued
