London and Thames Haven Oil Wharves
of 101 Leadenhall Street, London
1898 The company was registered on 24 May. [1]
c.1921 Refinery opened at Thames Haven
1923 At Thames Haven, the London and Thames Haven Oil Wharves Ltd., have works for refining, and hundreds storage tanks are to seen,...[2]
1938 The Thames Haven chairman was optimistic regarding both the Irish national refineries venture and the interest in the Compagnie Industrielle Maritime. The latter has now reached the dividend paying stage, ...[3]
1947 An agreement has been reached between the Shell Transport and Trading Company and the London and Thames Haven Oil Wharves ...[4]
1948 Shell paid ... for the 700-acre site for a new £20,000,000 refinery at Thames Haven.[5] The Shell Company propose to erect a large refinery on the site acquired. The second part of the agreement covers the provision by Thames Haven of facilities and services .....[6]. The £15,000,000 oil refinery under construction at Thames Haven is expected to be completed in 1953. It will able to process 10,000 barrels of crude oil a day.[7]
1952 Considerable expansion of oil refinery and storage activities on the north bank of the Thames estuary is reflected in a very satisfactory dividend and profit statement from the London & Thames ...[8]
1969 Shell UK Limited acquired the company.[9]