Mobil Oil Co Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Vacuum Oil
- Socony
- Standard Oil Co of New York
- Socony Vacuum
- Socony Mobil Oil Co
- British Petroleum Co Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
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Distribution - retailing
Fuel retailing inc coal, wood, petrol, oil products, etc
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Oil, coal, coke, etc, products manufacture
Oil products refining
Notes:
Traces UK origins to 1886 when established as UK subsidiary of Vacuum Oil of USA. 1931 Vacuum Oil merged with Socony (Standard Oil Co of New York) to form Socony Vacuum which in 1955 was renamed Socony Mobil Oil Co using the Mobil brand name launched in1920 by Socony. Initially sold lubricating oils in UK. From 1950s established fuel retailing and oil refining (at Coryton) in UK. 1990s most UK assets acquired by British Petroleum
Publications:
- Britain's Newest Refinery. Coryton Refinery by Unknown
- Coryton Refinery by Unknown
- Coryton Refinery by Unknown
- Development of the Solus System of petrol distribution in the United Kingdom, 1950-1960 by Dixon, Donald F
- 'Expansion and organisation of Mobil Oil Co Ltd' in R S Edwards & H Townsend (eds), Studies in Business Organisation. A supplement to 'Business Enterprise' by Gridley, J C
- Mobil into the Second Century by Nash, Malcolm, & Patrick Keegan (eds)
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Vacuum Oil
- Socony
- Standard Oil Co of New York
- Socony Vacuum
- Socony Mobil Oil Co
- British Petroleum Co Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
- Distribution - retailing Fuel retailing inc coal, wood, petrol, oil products, etc
- Oil, coal, coke, etc, products manufacture Oil products refining
Notes:
Traces UK origins to 1886 when established as UK subsidiary of Vacuum Oil of USA. 1931 Vacuum Oil merged with Socony (Standard Oil Co of New York) to form Socony Vacuum which in 1955 was renamed Socony Mobil Oil Co using the Mobil brand name launched in1920 by Socony. Initially sold lubricating oils in UK. From 1950s established fuel retailing and oil refining (at Coryton) in UK. 1990s most UK assets acquired by British PetroleumPublications:
- Britain's Newest Refinery. Coryton Refinery by Unknown
- Coryton Refinery by Unknown
- Coryton Refinery by Unknown
- Development of the Solus System of petrol distribution in the United Kingdom, 1950-1960 by Dixon, Donald F
- 'Expansion and organisation of Mobil Oil Co Ltd' in R S Edwards & H Townsend (eds), Studies in Business Organisation. A supplement to 'Business Enterprise' by Gridley, J C
- Mobil into the Second Century by Nash, Malcolm, & Patrick Keegan (eds)