Enrique Mosconi

Enrique Mosconi
Enrique Mosconi, c. 1915
Director of Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales
In office
1922–1930
Personal details
Born
Enrique Carlos Alberto Mosconi Canavery

(1877-02-21)21 February 1877
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died4 June 1940(1940-06-04) (aged 63)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Resting placeLa Recoleta Cemetery
OccupationArmy
administration
Professionmilitary
engineer
Signature
Military service
Allegiance Argentina
Branch/service Argentine Army
German Army (1906-1908)
Years of service1894-1922
RankGeneral

Enrique Carlos Alberto Mosconi (21 February 1877 – 4 June 1940) was an Argentine military engineer, who is best known as the pioneer and organizer of petroleum exploration and extraction in Argentina.[1]

  1. ^ Mosconi, Enrique (1983), El petróleo argentino, 1922-1930 (PDF) (in Spanish), Buenos Aires: Círculo Militar, 1983, retrieved 23 August 2016