History of the British Petroleum Company. Volume 1. The developing years, 1901-1932

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Winner of the Wadsworth Prize for Business History, 1982. Scholarly account prepared by the company's historian. Covers the period from the initial grant of a concession to W K D'Arcy in 1901 and the formation of the Anglo Persian Oil Co Ltd to work the concession in 1909, to the cancellation of the concession in 1932. Has chapters: 1] 'Acquisition of the D'Arcy concession, 1901'; 2] 'The funding and finding of oil, 1901-08' including the formation of the Concession Syndicate Ltd, 1905-09; 3] ' Formation of the Anglo Persian Oil Co, 1909'; 4] 'Progress in Persia, 1908-14' dealing inter alia with the role of managing agents, Lloyd Scott & Co Ltd, later Strick, Scott & Co Ltd; 5] 'Fuel oil and the Admiralty, 1912-14'; 6] 'The government and the company - the early years, 1914-19'; 7] 'Persia - the scene of operations, 1914-18'; 8] 'Management and finance, 1918-28'; 9] 'Government and concessionary relations, 1919-26'; 10] 'Technical activities - years of endeavour and achievement, 1918-32'; 11] 'Downstream activities, 1919-28'; 12] 'Expansion and international interests, 1919-28'; 13] 'Importance of the Persian dimension, 1926-32'. Very extensive appendices [pp638-87]