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came to the rescue of Burmah Oil after the company made large losses on its tanker fleets in 1974. The core of the rescue operation was the provision of a year's grace so that the company could become smaller and more viable. The Bank of
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For about a century, the company played a major role in the oil industry, and in the discovery of oil in the Middle East through its significant influence over
British Petroleum. It marketed itself under the
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In 1963, the company left Burma and undertook new exploration in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Australasia, the
Americas, Canada and the North Sea until 1986. In 1966, Burmah acquired
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was planning a changeover from coal to fuel oil for powering the engines of its warships. In 1905, Burmah signed a contract with the
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with Burmah Oil owning 97%. Burmah Oil became the largest oil company in the
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nationalized all industries in the country. Out of the nationalized assets of Burmah Oil, the
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A two-volume history of the company was written by T.A.B. Corley:
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In the first decade of the 20th century, Burmah Oil founded
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The company was involved in a landmark legal case in 1964,
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Non-renewable resource companies disestablished in 2000
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Michael Gasson (Former Group
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A History of the Burmah Oil
Company. Vol 2, 1924–66
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451:Law of War: Burmah Oil Company v. Lord Advocate
554:A History of the Burmah Oil Company, 1886–1924
375:The coloured history of the Burmah Oil Company
327:A History of the BURMAH OIL Company, 1886-1924
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1294:2000 disestablishments in Scotland
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999:Texas City refinery explosion
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256:Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise
1134:Trans-Alaska Pipeline System
421:"Country Report for Myanmar"
282:renaming it Burmah-Castrol.
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1254:Economic history of Myanmar
1073:Commonwealth Oil Refineries
876:BP Ultimate Acropolis Rally
856:BP Natural World Book Prize
597:20th Century Press Archives
394:"History: Bharat Petroleum"
165:The company was founded in
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161:used by Burmah Oil Company
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846:BP Ford World Rally Team
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532:BP buys Burmah Castrol
341:"Home: The BP Archive"
246:started operations in
239:in the rest of India.
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126:was a leading British
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994:Prudhoe Bay oil spill
556:(published 1983) and
242:Until 1901, when the
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861:BP Pedestrian Bridge
380:20 July 2008 at the
244:Standard Oil Company
351:on 10 February 2007
273:War Damage Act 1965
197:William Knox D'Arcy
175:Indian subcontinent
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171:David Sime Cargill
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124:Burmah Oil Company
22:Burmah Oil Company
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1079:Deepwater Horizon
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969:Deepwater Horizon
866:BP Portrait Award
666:Prudhoe Bay Trust
560:(published 1988).
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36:Company type
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1118:Pure Planet
902:John Browne
897:Sylvia Baca
679:BP Shipping
169:in 1886 by
134:. In 1966,
128:oil company
1228:Categories
818:Sullom Voe
801:Oil fields
758:Facilities
437:2009-01-20
404:11 October
301:References
223:(formerly
221:Bangladesh
159:House flag
100:, Scotland
1007:oil spill
979:oil spill
971:explosion
812:Sea Quest
806:Sangachal
796:Northstar
777:Kingsbury
749:Thorntons
656:BP Canada
644:Divisions
513:cite news
503:2 October
498:0362-4331
215:brand in
84:Successor
50:Petroleum
1203:Category
1058:BP Solar
871:BP Top 8
766:Atlantis
700:BP Pulse
673:(19.75%)
671:Rosneft
536:BBC News
378:Archived
295:BP Amoco
144:BP Amoco
77:BP Amoco
46:Industry
1213:Commons
1063:Britoil
823:Sunbury
790:Mad Dog
705:Castrol
599:of the
595:in the
280:Castrol
167:Glasgow
150:History
136:Castrol
115:Castrol
98:Glasgow
79:in 2000
64:Defunct
56:Founded
1068:Burmah
885:People
783:Iolair
726:Brands
717:Jio-bp
651:Air BP
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1144:Other
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1129:Sohio
1120:(24%)
1085:FPSO
1028:Amoco
738:Amoco
431:(PDF)
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248:Burma
237:Shell
233:India
229:Assam
217:Burma
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