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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]

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References

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  1. ↑ Bamberg 1994, p. 177.
  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.
  3. ↑ "Scottish Oils". Uphall On The Web. Archived frae the original on 22 Julie 2013. Retrieved 7 Julie 2012.
  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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