Museo del Petróleo
Museum on the geology, industry and history of oil and the Ayoluengo field, Spain's only onshore oilfield, in the Las Loras Geopark.
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About the museum
On 6 June 1964, oil gushed from the Ayoluengo-1 well in the La Lora region of the province of Burgos, the first time crude oil was extracted on Spanish soil. The Ayoluengo field stopped producing in 2017. Before that discovery there had been decades of prospecting, from the first boreholes in 1900 to the arrival of companies with foreign technology in the 1950s.
The Ayuntamiento de Sargentes de la Lora set up the museum with its own resources to present fifty years of the field's history, explain the geology of the area and share everything related to oil and its derivatives with visitors and schoolchildren. It opened in March 2015.
The building is located in the Hoces del Alto Ebro y Rudrón Natural Park and is one of the interpretation centres of the Las Loras Geopark, so it also explains how the landscape was formed over some 250 million years. The exhibition combines panels, rock samples, drilling tools and models of the processes, with an area devoted to the Ayoluengo field.
Highlights
- History of the Ayoluengo field, Spain's only onshore oilfield
- Origin, extraction and derivatives of oil, explained with panels and models
- Rock samples and drilling tools
- Free guided tour included in the admission
- Interpretation centre of the Las Loras Geopark
Permanent exhibition
- Exposición permanente sobre el petróleo y el campo de Ayoluengo – A journey through the geology of La Lora, the origin and extraction of oil, its derivatives and fifty years of history of the Ayoluengo field.
- Founded
- 2015
- Operated by
- Ayuntamiento de Sargentes de la Lora
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €3 |
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| Reduced | €1.50Children aged 7 to 10. |
| Children & teens | €1.50free up to age 6 · Children aged 7 to 10; children under 7 do not pay. |
| Groups (10+ people) | €2.50 per personGroups of 10 or more people. |
Admission includes a free guided tour with museum staff.
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes · approx. 60 min |
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| School programs | yes |
| Good to know | Admission includes a free guided tour of about one hour with museum staff; a geologist may answer questions during the visit. The museum works with schools as part of its objectives. |
