This is the first volume of a comprehensive history of British Petroleum, which covers the history of the company from its origin up to 1975. Volume one covers the years 1901-32 and deals with the earlier years of the D'Arcy Concession from its granting in 1901 by the Shah of Persia, to the discovery of oil in 1908, the formation of the company in 1909 and its formative years until the cancellation of the concession in 1932. Dr Ferrier places the origin and growth of the company not only within the context of the oil industry but in the wider perspective of the evolving energy requirements in the twentieth century. This History has been based firmly on the evidence from contemporary records. The company archives have proved much indispensable and often hitherto unknown information.
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This is the first volume of a comprehensive history of British Petroleum, which covers the history of the company from its origin up to 1975. Dr Ferrier places the origin and growth of the company not only within the context of the oil industry but in the wider perspective of the evolving energy requirements in the twentieth century.
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bunkering company, first exploitation company, fuel oil sales, concessionary relations, concessionary position, concessionary negotiations, distributing organisation, guarding arrangements, concessionary period, concessionary area, amalgamation proposals, oil affairs, tanker company, refinery throughput, petroleum committee, bunkering stations, motor spirit, government shareholding, draft concession, concessionary rights, nett profits, oil committee, debenture stock, preliminary expenses, ordinary directors Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Royal Dutch-Shell, British Government, Anglo-Persian Oil Company, United States, United Kingdom, Persian Gulf, Board of Trade, Colonial Office, Waley Cohen, D'Arcy Concession, Bakhtiari Khans, Majesty's Government, Riza Khan, Turkish Petroleum Company, Arnold Wilson, Imperial Commissioner, Middle East, British Petroleum Company, Burmah Oil Company, Heath Eves, Concessions Syndicate, South America, Vincent Kitabgi, Asiatic Petroleum Company, New York New!
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bunkering company, first exploitation company, fuel oil sales, concessionary relations, concessionary position, concessionary negotiations, distributing organisation, guarding arrangements, concessionary period, concessionary area, amalgamation proposals, oil affairs, tanker company, refinery throughput, petroleum committee, bunkering stations, motor spirit, government shareholding, draft concession, concessionary rights, nett profits, oil committee, debenture stock, preliminary expenses, ordinary directors Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Royal Dutch-Shell, British Government, Anglo-Persian Oil Company, United States, United Kingdom, Persian Gulf, Board of Trade, Colonial Office, Waley Cohen, D'Arcy Concession, Bakhtiari Khans, Majesty's Government, Riza Khan, Turkish Petroleum Company, Arnold Wilson, Imperial Commissioner, Middle East, British Petroleum Company, Burmah Oil Company, Heath Eves, Concessions Syndicate, South America, Vincent Kitabgi, Asiatic Petroleum Company, New York New!
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- English History 1914-1945 (Oxford History of England) by the late A. J. P. Taylor in Back Matter
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