Scottish Oils

Scottish Oils Ltd, established bi the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (the ancestor o BP) in 1919 bi mildin five Scottish ile shale companies (Young's Paraffin Licht & Mineral Oil Company, Broxburn Oil Company, Pumpherston Shale Oil Company, Oakbank Oil Company an James Ross & Company Philpstoun Oil Works), wis a producer o shale ile.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] Shale ile production in Scotland stappit in the aerly 1960s but thare wis a failt revival attempt in 1973.^[5] The company wis wound up on 15 December 2010.^[6] The Scottish Oil Agency Ltd wis a distributing an selling organisation o Scottish Oils Ltd.^[7] A Scottish Oil Agency rail tanker is preserved at the Museum o the Scottish Shale Oil Industry.^[8]

Picture gallery

Young's Addiewell Works, Wast Lowden
Former Broaxburn Shale Ile Works
Pumpherston ile shale retorts, Scotland, 1922

References

↑ Bamberg 1994, p. 177.
↑ Marwick, William Hutton (1964). Scotland in Modern Times: An Outline of Economic and Social Development Since the Union Of 1707. Frank Cass and Company Limited. p. 175. ISBN 9780714613420.
↑ "Scottish Oils". Uphall On The Web. Archived frae the original on 22 Julie 2013. Retrieved 7 Julie 2012.
↑ "A Brief History of the Scottish Shale Oil Industry". Museum of the Scottish Shale Oil Industry. Archived frae the original on 25 September 2019. Retrieved 7 Julie 2012.
↑ "Shale Oil Industry (Scotland) (Hansard, 4 December 1973)". Hansard.millbanksystems.com. 4 December 1973. Archived frae the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 31 Mairch 2013.
↑ "Failure Page". Wck2.companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved 31 Mairch 2013.
↑ "Museum of the Scottish Shale Oil Industry". Scottishshale.co.uk. Archived frae the original on 18 Mey 2013. Retrieved 31 Mairch 2013.
↑ "Museum of the Scottish Shale Oil Industry". Scottishshale.co.uk. Archived frae the original on 2 Apryle 2013. Retrieved 31 Mairch 2013.

[Bamberg_1994_177-1] Bamberg 1994, p. 177.

[marwick-2] Marwick, William Hutton (1964). Scotland in Modern Times: An Outline of Economic and Social Development Since the Union Of 1707. Frank Cass and Company Limited. p. 175. ISBN 9780714613420.

[uphall-3] "Scottish Oils". Uphall On The Web. Archived frae the original on 22 Julie 2013. Retrieved 7 Julie 2012.

[museum-4] "A Brief History of the Scottish Shale Oil Industry". Museum of the Scottish Shale Oil Industry. Archived frae the original on 25 September 2019. Retrieved 7 Julie 2012.

[5] "Shale Oil Industry (Scotland) (Hansard, 4 December 1973)". Hansard.millbanksystems.com. 4 December 1973. Archived frae the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 31 Mairch 2013.

[6] "Failure Page". Wck2.companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved 31 Mairch 2013.

[7] "Museum of the Scottish Shale Oil Industry". Scottishshale.co.uk. Archived frae the original on 18 Mey 2013. Retrieved 31 Mairch 2013.

[8] "Museum of the Scottish Shale Oil Industry". Scottishshale.co.uk. Archived frae the original on 2 Apryle 2013. Retrieved 31 Mairch 2013.

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