Krosno is located in an oil bearing region. Surface seepage of oil was locally used (unrefined) in lamps as early as the sixteenth century. In the 19th century Ignacy Lukasiewicz a local pharmacist began exploiting the deposits from hand-dug wells, years before the drilling at Titusville, Pensylvania which is usually said to be the beginning of modern petroleum development
Politics
Krosno/Przemysl constituency
Members of Parliament (Sejm) elected from Krsono/Przemysl constituency
Domaradzki Wojciech, SLD-UP
Firak Witold, SLD-UP
G?owa Jzef, Samoobrona
Kaleniecki Tadeusz, SLD-UP
Kasprzak Mieczys?aw, PSL
Kawa Marian, SLD-UP
K?dra Ryszard, LPR
Kuchci?ski Marek, PiS
Lis Alicja, Samoobrona
?ukacijewska El?bieta, PO
Wo? Adam, PSL
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