BP Regular Pump - Donington Collection - Castle Donington, Leicestershire
Posted by: SMacB
N 52° 49.650 W 001° 21.894
30U E 610165 N 5854334
This vintage BP pump is one of a number of old petrol pumps in the garden of the Donington Collection.
Waymark Code: WMXPJ4
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 02/09/2018
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This vintage BP pump is one of a number of old petrol pumps in the garden of the Donington Collection.
British Petroleum (BP) traces its origins back to 1909 and founding of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company. established as a subsidiary of Burmah Oil Company to exploit oil discoveries in Iran. In 1935, it became the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company and in 1954 British Petroleum. In 1959, the company expanded beyond the Middle East to Alaska and in 1965 it was the first company to strike oil in the North Sea. British Petroleum acquired majority control of Standard Oil of Ohio in 1978. Formerly majority state-owned, the British government privatised the company in stages between 1979 and 1987. British Petroleum merged with Amoco in 1998 and acquired ARCO and Burmah Castrol in 2000.
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