Asiatic Petroleum Co
of Asia House, Great St. Helens, London, E.C.
1903 Incorporated as a Limited Company by Shell Transport and Trading Co and Royal Dutch Petroleum Company as a sales organisation to compete with Standard Oil Co.
1914 With the Anglo Mexican Co built a 1500ft jetty at Saltend, Hull
1914 Directors: Sir Marcus Samuel, (Chairman), H. W. A. Deterding (Managing Director), H. Loudon, A. J. C. Stuart, H. N. Benjamin, F. Lane, R. Waley Cohen, T. Weill, and I. Braun.
1920 On behalf of the company, Harry Ricardo and H. A. Hetherington developed a high speed petrol engine for fuel research work which was described at a meeting of the British Association[1]
Subsequently known as the Burmah-Shell Oil Storage and Distributing Company of India, which was as associate of Burmah Oil Co
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Engineer 1920/09/10