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Patos is a town built around oil. The ground underneath holds the biggest onshore oil field in mainland Europe, and pumps work in the fields around the town.

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Patos is a town built around oil. The ground underneath holds the biggest onshore oil field in mainland Europe, and pumps work in the fields around the town.

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Entrada oriental da cidade de Patos,PB.
Patos,PB 100 JOSÉ RILDO DA NOBREGA ALENCAR · CC BY-SA 3.0
Cidade de Patos/PB.
Patos,PB 101 JOSÉ RILDO DA NOBREGA ALENCAR · CC BY-SA 3.0
Cidade de Patos/PB.
Patos,PB 103 JOSÉ RILDO DA NOBREGA ALENCAR · CC BY-SA 3.0

Connected subjects

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Nearby

City

Fier

The service town of the oil and farming plain, next to the ruins of Apollonia.

FieriFier
Town

Ballsh

The seat of Mallakastër and the site of Albania's main oil refinery, near the ruins of Byllis.

BallshiFier
Energy site

Patos-Marinza Oil Field

The largest onshore oil field in continental Europe, in production since the 1920s.

Fier
Town

Roskovec

A small agricultural town in the Fier oil and farming belt.

RoskoveciFier

Related subjects

Company

Bankers Petroleum

The Canadian-listed operator that redeveloped Patos-Marinza, acquired by China's Geo-Jade Petroleum in 2016.

Fier
Industry

Oil and Gas in Albania

Heavy onshore crude from Patos-Marinza, produced since the 1920s and refined at Ballsh.

Albanian Economy

Sources

  • Wikipedia — Patos — English Wikipedia · retrieved 03 Sep 2026
    Used to ground the deep-research section and as a discovery aid; not relied on alone for contested claims.
  • Wikidata — Wikidata item Q524110 · retrieved 03 Sep 2026
    Source of the population, area and elevation figures shown in Quick facts, each with its own observation year.
  • Wikimedia Commons — Photographs · retrieved 03 Sep 2026
    Each photograph carries its own creator, licence and file link beneath it. Only public-domain, CC0, CC BY and CC BY-SA files are published.

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