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Derrick Floor of an oil rig, IranDerrick Floor of an oil drilling rig, Iran
Wallsend-on-Tyne - Shipbuilding and the BP Tanker British Hazel in dock. Date: 1963
Queens Dock, SwanseaAerial view of the Queens Dock, Swansea, Wales. The Queens dock was opened in 1920 following the construction of oil handling/import facilities at the nearby BP oil refinery at Llandarcy
Oil Well at Chillingar, Iran. One of Irans largest oil fields, Chilingar was named after George V. Chilingar, one of the best-known petroleum geologists in the world
BP employee opening the flow valvesA British Petroleum employee opens the flow valves of an oil plant in the Middle East (likely to have been in Iraq or Iran)
Advertisement for Esso Petroleum -- reflections on car bodies at Fawley Refinery, Hampshire. 1959
Llandarcy Oil Refinery, Swansea, WalesThe tank farm at the Llandarcy Oil Refinery, Swansea, Wales - built by British Petroleum Oil between 1918-22
Turriff-Burden advertisement - Iraq oil pipelinesAdvertisement for Turriff-Burden Ltd of Brentford, UK, who supplied 315 miles of pipeline for the Iraq Petroleum Company in the 1960s. Date: 1961
United States (1880). Oil wells in Triumph Mountain, Pennsylvania. Engraving
Shell Motor Spirit Silver Trophy, Samuel Cody ArchiveEARLY AVIATION PIONEERS - THE SAMUEL CODY ARCHIVE: The Shell Motor Spirit Silver Trophy, 1912, by Mappin and Webb, hallmarked London 1912, with fine model of Cody?s Flyer, Type No
Mechanical Advertisement IllustrationsA pair of mechanical advertisement illustrations, the top image promotes the Asiatic Petroleum Co. Ltd, while the bottom car interior image promotes Shell-Mex and B.P. Ltd. Date: circa 1939
The Shah of Bahrain's New YachtH H Sheik Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifa (1872-1942) was ruler of Bahrain from 1932 until his death. This yacht was presented to him by the Bahrain Petroleum Company
Grumman G-1159 Gulfstream II N71TP (msn 195), of Tesoro Petroleum, at Luton Airport. Date: circa 1984
Grumman G-1159 Gulfstream II N10XY (msn 56), of Occidental Petroleum, at London Heathrow Airport. Date: circa 1970
1979 fuel shortageA Texaco petrol station runs out of petrol during a national petrol shortage brought about by a price rise by OPEC (Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries)
de Havilland Dove AP-AGJde Havilland Dove 2B AP-AGJ (msn 04084), of Pakistan Petroleum Ltd. at Karachi Airport, in storage, prior to sale in the UK, with Dove G-AJBI and Heron G-AOGO of Morton Air Services
Comic postcard, Chauffeur buying petrol Date: 20th century
Convair CV-340 N3401, of Phillips Petroleum, at Dallas-Fort Worth Airport on 2 June 1959. Date: 1959
Historical views of Persia (Iran). View of the city of Gombroon (Bandar Abbas) on the Persian Gulf 58, the courtesan Thais leading Alexander the Great to set fire to Persepolis 59
Horseless carriage with Daimler engine, 1895Carriage, with Daimler petroleum engine by Panhard and Levassor, Paris, exhibited by the Hon. Eveyln Ellis. Part of an exhibition of horseless vehicles at Tunbridge Wells. Date: 1895
Grumman G-1159 Gulfstream II N663P (msn 14), of Phillips Petroleum Company. Date: circa 1970
Interior view of under three spans of roof of Prices Candle Company, with their new substance of crude petroleum from Burma
Horseless carriage 1896Advertisements on the side of open-top carriage in the streets of London. Date: 1896
Oil in DorsetNight photograph of the 80 ft high B.P. Exploration Companys drilling rig near Kimmeridge in Dorset where a show of oil had been encountered at a depth of about 1800 feet in limestone in
Advert for Wright & Butler Limited petroleum stoves 1888Wright & Butlers decorative patent cast iron petroleum domestic stoves with pierced foliate caps, cleanliness and convenience in filling
Fort Rutbah Wells, British Petroleum, Western IraqAerial view of Fort Rutbah Wells, British Petroleum, Western Iraq. Also visible is a livestock pen, stables and a tennis court. circa 1932
BP petrol advertisement, 1925150 miles of pipe lines. Advertisement for British Petroleum with an illustration by Christopher Clark showing construction of a pipe line in the Persian desert - one of the many activities of
People on a trip in two horse-drawn carriages, with a Shell Petroleum sign in the background. circa 1930s
Advertisement for National Benzole petroleum -- boy model (Denis Gilmore) in school uniform. 1959
Bench 30 at AbadanAbadan is a city on Abadan Island in the Khuzestan province in southwestern Iran, close to the border with Iraq. Rich oil fields were discovered in the area in the early 20th century
Early Vulcan Petrol Tanker supplying BP motor fuel. Date: circa 1919
Chandeliers, brackets and back lamps, Plate 245Chandeliers, brackets and back lamps, for burning petroleum, paraffin or kerosene, Plate 245. Date: circa 1880s
Silbers patent burners with wicks, Plate 227Silbers patent petroleum, paraffin or kerosene burners with circular and flat wicks, Plate 227. Date: circa 1880s
Ecclesiastical lighting items, Plate 168Ecclesiastical suspensions, coronae, brackets and other church lamps, for burning petroleum, paraffin or kerosene, Plate 168. Date: circa 1880s
USA. 19th century. Oil well in the Oil-Creek Valley. Colored engraving. The Spanish and American Illustration, 1872
Sir Boverton RedwoodSIR BOVERTON REDWOOD Chemist, whose work was particularly associated with the petroleum industry. Date: 1846 - 1919
First British motor car 1880Henry J Lawsons patented design for a petroleum-powered motor car : if it was ever built, it was the first British motor car Date: patented 1880
Petroleum Building, Houston, Texas, USA. Date: circa 1928
Oil Pumps in the city of Los AngelesOil pumps (Nodding Donkies) can be found inside the city of Los Angeles
Street scene, St Ives, CornwallA street scene in St Ives, Cornwall, with houses and shops, and a sign advertising BP. Date: 1922
Bustenari Oilfield, RomaniaBustenari Oilfield, Prahova County, Romania. Date: circa 1905
United States (1870). Oil Creek Valley. Perforation of oil wells. Etching
United States (19th c. ). Oil exploitation in" United States (19th c.). Oil exploitation in Pennsylvania. Picture from " L Illustration". Engraving."
LCC-LFB early foam tender at Southwark with crewAn early foam tender at Southwark HQ with crew. The coming of the motor vehicle brought with it the consequent risks involving fires of petroleum
Workmen laying an oil pipeline in Persia for the BP company. Date: circa 1925
Burning petroleum wells, Buzau, Romania, WW1Burning petroleum wells at Buzau (Buzeu), Romania, during the First World War. Date: 1916
Filling Oil Cans - Hackney WickA female employee fills BP Oil Cans at a plant in Hackney Wick, London
Mule transports Kerosene in IraqIraq - a mule is used to transport wooden cases of Palm Tree refined petroleum (kerosene), manufactured by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company