Britoil Plc
Other Business Names:
- British National Oil Corp
- British Petroleum Co Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen, Grampian, Scotland, Scotland
- Glasgow, City of Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, Scotland
Sectors:
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Extraction
Oil & gas extraction
Notes:
Traced origins to British National Oil Corp, established in Glasgow by the British Government in 1975 to develop a publicly owned interest in the burgeoning North Sea oil exploration industry. Reorganised 1982 when business transferred to a new publicly owned entity, Britoil Plc, whose shares were sold to the public in two tranches, 1982 and 1985. Acquired by British Petroleum in 1988 and subsequently based in Aberdeen where responsible for much of BP's North Sea oil exploration [2023]
Publications:
- ABZ and Big Oil. 50 years of black gold in the Silver City by Cresswell, Jeremy
- British National Oil Corp. Britoil by Unknown
- Glasgow's Gain. The Anderston Story by Dow, Derek, & Michael Moss
- Government and North Sea Oil by Hann, Danny
- Official History of North Sea Oil and Gas. Volume 1, The growing dominance of the state by Kemp, Alex
- Official History of North Sea Oil and Gas. Volume 2, Moderating the state's role by Kemp, Alex
- 'Privatising oil' in D Parker, Official History of Privatisation. Volume 1. The formative Years, 1970-87 by Parker, David
- Privatization of the UK Oil Assets, 1977-87. Rational policy making, international changes and domestic constraints by Hoopes, Stephanie M
- 'Property rights, economic rents, BNOC, and North Sea oil' in F Amatori, R Millward & P A Toninelli (eds), Reappraising State Owned Enterprise. A comparison of the UK and Italy by Chick, Martin
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- British National Oil Corp
- British Petroleum Co Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen, Grampian, Scotland, Scotland
- Glasgow, City of Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, Scotland
Sectors:
- Extraction Oil & gas extraction
Notes:
Traced origins to British National Oil Corp, established in Glasgow by the British Government in 1975 to develop a publicly owned interest in the burgeoning North Sea oil exploration industry. Reorganised 1982 when business transferred to a new publicly owned entity, Britoil Plc, whose shares were sold to the public in two tranches, 1982 and 1985. Acquired by British Petroleum in 1988 and subsequently based in Aberdeen where responsible for much of BP's North Sea oil exploration [2023]Publications:
- ABZ and Big Oil. 50 years of black gold in the Silver City by Cresswell, Jeremy
- British National Oil Corp. Britoil by Unknown
- Glasgow's Gain. The Anderston Story by Dow, Derek, & Michael Moss
- Government and North Sea Oil by Hann, Danny
- Official History of North Sea Oil and Gas. Volume 1, The growing dominance of the state by Kemp, Alex
- Official History of North Sea Oil and Gas. Volume 2, Moderating the state's role by Kemp, Alex
- 'Privatising oil' in D Parker, Official History of Privatisation. Volume 1. The formative Years, 1970-87 by Parker, David
- Privatization of the UK Oil Assets, 1977-87. Rational policy making, international changes and domestic constraints by Hoopes, Stephanie M
- 'Property rights, economic rents, BNOC, and North Sea oil' in F Amatori, R Millward & P A Toninelli (eds), Reappraising State Owned Enterprise. A comparison of the UK and Italy by Chick, Martin