Bataafse Petroleum Maatschappij
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| Industry | Oil extraction |
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| Founded | 1907 |
| Parent | Royal Dutch Shell |
Bataafse Petroleum Maatschappij(BPM), also known as Bataafsche Petroleum Maatschappij (english: Batavian Oil Company) was a subsidiary of the Royal Dutch Shell oil company established in 1907 which extracted and refined oil in the Netherlands East Indies.[1][2] The company was 60 percent owned by the Royal Dutch Company, and 40% by the Shell Transport and Trading Company; it acted as a dutch holding company for the merged Royal Dutch Shell Group along with its UK analogue the Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company.[3]
References
- ^ Alex L. Braake (1944), Mining in the Netherlands East Indies, Ayer Publishing
{{citation}}: Text "pp. 68-9,74" ignored (help) - ^ Albert T. Coumbe (1923), "Petroluem Production and Trade of the Dutch East Indies", European foreign investments as seen by the U.S. Department of Commerce, United States. Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, pp. 71–86
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ [Historical dictionary of the petroleum industry M. S. Vassiliou], Scarecrow Press, 2009, "Bataafsche Petroleum Maatschappij", p.78; also pp.157, 436
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