Petrol Advertising in the Twenties and Thirties: The Case of the British Petroleum Company
R.W. FerrierBritish Petroleum Company plc
The British Petroleum Company, 1919-32
The formation of the British Petroleum Company dates from 21 November 1908, when it was established in London as a subsidiary of the Europaische Petroleum Union Gesellschaft (EPU), which itself had been founded in the previous June. It eventually became the distribution company of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company which was created in April 1909. The original capital was 500,000 in 50,000 shares of 10 each of which 49,431 were issued. It was concerned with the...