Pumpherston Oil Co Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Scottish Oils Ltd
- Anglo Persian Oil Co Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Pumpherston, West Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, Scotland
Sectors:
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Oil, coal, coke, etc, products manufacture
Shale processing & mining
Notes:
Established 1883 to process oil from shale deposits. Considerably expanded Pumpherston village by building c220 houses. Developed into a major processor. 1920 merged with five other Scottish shale oil businesses to form Scottish Oils Ltd, owned by Anglo Persian Oil Co Ltd
Publications:
- History of Pumpherston by Armstrong, Vic, Jim Adie & William Gold
- Pumpherston Oil Co Ltd, 155 Buchanan St, Glasgow by Unknown
- Pumpherston. The story of a shale oil village by McKay, John H, & Sybil Cavanagh (ed)
- Riches below the Castle. A short history of the Pumpherston Oil Co, 1883-1993 by Whyte, Vicky
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Scottish Oils Ltd
- Anglo Persian Oil Co Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Pumpherston, West Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, Scotland
Sectors:
- Oil, coal, coke, etc, products manufacture Shale processing & mining
Notes:
Established 1883 to process oil from shale deposits. Considerably expanded Pumpherston village by building c220 houses. Developed into a major processor. 1920 merged with five other Scottish shale oil businesses to form Scottish Oils Ltd, owned by Anglo Persian Oil Co LtdPublications:
- History of Pumpherston by Armstrong, Vic, Jim Adie & William Gold
- Pumpherston Oil Co Ltd, 155 Buchanan St, Glasgow by Unknown
- Pumpherston. The story of a shale oil village by McKay, John H, & Sybil Cavanagh (ed)
- Riches below the Castle. A short history of the Pumpherston Oil Co, 1883-1993 by Whyte, Vicky