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4 unusual facts about Burmah Oil


Broome International Airport

On 21 January 1974, Douglas C-47A PK-GDC of the Burmah Oil Co was damaged beyond economic repair in an accident.

Burmah Oil

Burmah sponsored Swindon Town Football Club from 1991 to 1995, during which time they were promoted to the Premier League but then suffered two successive relegations.

Many of the service station sites were acquired by independent retailer United Petroleum and convenience store giant 7-Eleven.

Gursharan Kaur

Gurusharan was born to Sardar Chattar Singh Kohli, an employee of Burmah-Shell, and Sardarni Bhagwanti Kaur on the 13th of September 1937 in British India.



see also

John Cargill

Sir John Cargill, 1st Baronet (1867–1954), British chairman of the Burmah Oil Company, 1904–1943