Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Co Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Young, James 'Paraffin'
- Young's Mineral Oil Co
- Binney, E W, & Co
- Scottish Oils Ltd
- Anglo Persian Oil Co Ltd
- Bathgate Paraffin Oil Works
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Addiewell, West Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, Scotland
- Alfreton, Derbyshire, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England
- Bathgate, West Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, Scotland
Sectors:
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Oil, coal, coke, etc, products manufacture
Oil products refining
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Oil, coal, coke, etc, products manufacture
Shale processing & mining
Notes:
Traced origins to James 'Paraffin' Young, 1811-83, chemist. 1848 set up Young's Mineral Oil Co to produce lubricating and lamp oil from an oil spring at Alfreton, Derbyshire. Subsequently Young patented means of extracting oil from certain types of coal/shale and in 1851, as a partner in E W Binney & Co, set up a plant at Bathgate using local coal. Success led to expansion, the principal products being lamp and lubricating oil and paraffin wax. c1866 Young bought out his partners and formed Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Co Ltd to own a major plant at Addiewell. Business emerged as a leading paraffin producer and exporter. Company shifted to shale deposits when suitable coal reserves were exhausted. In 1920, with five other producers, merged to form Scottish Oils Ltd owned by Anglo Persian Oil Co Ltd
Publications:
- 'Bathgate Paraffin Oil Works' in G L M Strauss et al, England's Workshops by Strauss, G L M, et al
- James 'Paraffin' Young. Founder of the mineral oil industry by Butt, John
- James Young. Scottish industrialist and philanthropist by Butt, John
- 'Paraffin' Young. The world's first regular oil man by Murray, David
- Scottish Shale Oil Industry and Mineral Railway Lines by Knox, Harry
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Young, James 'Paraffin'
- Young's Mineral Oil Co
- Binney, E W, & Co
- Scottish Oils Ltd
- Anglo Persian Oil Co Ltd
- Bathgate Paraffin Oil Works
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Addiewell, West Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, Scotland
- Alfreton, Derbyshire, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England
- Bathgate, West Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, Scotland
Sectors:
- Oil, coal, coke, etc, products manufacture Oil products refining
- Oil, coal, coke, etc, products manufacture Shale processing & mining
Notes:
Traced origins to James 'Paraffin' Young, 1811-83, chemist. 1848 set up Young's Mineral Oil Co to produce lubricating and lamp oil from an oil spring at Alfreton, Derbyshire. Subsequently Young patented means of extracting oil from certain types of coal/shale and in 1851, as a partner in E W Binney & Co, set up a plant at Bathgate using local coal. Success led to expansion, the principal products being lamp and lubricating oil and paraffin wax. c1866 Young bought out his partners and formed Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Co Ltd to own a major plant at Addiewell. Business emerged as a leading paraffin producer and exporter. Company shifted to shale deposits when suitable coal reserves were exhausted. In 1920, with five other producers, merged to form Scottish Oils Ltd owned by Anglo Persian Oil Co LtdPublications:
- 'Bathgate Paraffin Oil Works' in G L M Strauss et al, England's Workshops by Strauss, G L M, et al
- James 'Paraffin' Young. Founder of the mineral oil industry by Butt, John
- James Young. Scottish industrialist and philanthropist by Butt, John
- 'Paraffin' Young. The world's first regular oil man by Murray, David
- Scottish Shale Oil Industry and Mineral Railway Lines by Knox, Harry