THE STORY OF BP SHIPPING 500 TANKERS STRONG

摘要

By 1900 the internal combustion engine had been around for a few decades and, with the growing importanceof the motor car, oil was becoming more important. Oil had been discovered in Persia in 1908, and the Anglo-Persian Oil Co (APOC) was set up to exploit the new discovery. This was also seen as a saviour for the Royal Navy, which required huge quantities of high-quality steam coal shipped around the world to feed the boilers of its massive fleet of battleships, cruisers and destroyers.