Countess Jadwiga Straszewska spent her entire life in Lipinki in the district of Gorlice. She inherited land from her parents. The accidental discovery of oil in the water inside a well dug upon her order changed her life. The venture was financed by the members of the newly established oil companies: Straszewska–Fibich and Stawiarski–Straszewska. During World War I, the refinery was destroyed and the deposit was considerably depleted during World War II because of predatory exploitation. It was pretty much all gone by the 1970s. However, before all these events, more than 650 wells had been drilled in Lipinki, which produced a total of more than 500 thousand tonnes of oil. A single heiress, who decided to take advantage of the opportunity presented by the oil boom starting in Poland, was the mother of this success.