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Mexican Eagle Oil Co

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1910 Mexican Eagle Petroleum Co made a share offer in Britain of the Mexican Eagle Oil company

By the end of 1910 the company had drilled 2 wells which were producing but the pipeline was not yet complete to transport the oil to market; the company also had some retail trade operations which were generating revenue.[1]

1912 Weetman Dickinson Pearson formed the Eagle Oil Transport Co to transport the products from his newly developed oil fields in Mexico.

1919 Shell-Royal Dutch acquired a controlling interest in Mexican Eagle Oil Co by purchasing the shares owned by S. Pearson and Son[2].

c.1938 The Mexican government expropriated the Mexican Oil Co[3]

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times Dec. 24, 1910
  2. The Times, 4 April 1919
  3. The Times June 16, 1938