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Scottish Oils Ltd, established bi the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (the ancestor o BP) in 1919 bi mildin five Scottish ile shale companies (Young's Paraffin Licht & Mineral Oil Company, Broxburn Oil Company, Pumpherston Shale Oil Company, Oakbank Oil Company an James Ross & Company Philpstoun Oil Works), wis a producer o shale ile.[1][2][3][4] Shale ile production in Scotland stappit in the aerly 1960s but thare wis a failt revival attempt in 1973.[5] The company wis wound up on 15 December 2010.[6] The Scottish Oil Agency Ltd wis a distributing an selling organisation o Scottish Oils Ltd.[7] A Scottish Oil Agency rail tanker is preserved at the Museum o the Scottish Shale Oil Industry.[8]

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  1. Bamberg 1994, p. 177.
  2. Marwick, William Hutton (1964). Scotland in Modern Times: An Outline of Economic and Social Development Since the Union Of 1707. Frank Cass and Company Limited. p. 175. ISBN 9780714613420.
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  5. "Shale Oil Industry (Scotland) (Hansard, 4 December 1973)". Hansard.millbanksystems.com. 4 December 1973. Archived frae the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 31 Mairch 2013.
  6. "Failure Page". Wck2.companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved 31 Mairch 2013.
  7. "Museum of the Scottish Shale Oil Industry". Scottishshale.co.uk. Archived frae the original on 18 Mey 2013. Retrieved 31 Mairch 2013.
  8. "Museum of the Scottish Shale Oil Industry". Scottishshale.co.uk. Archived frae the original on 2 Apryle 2013. Retrieved 31 Mairch 2013.