IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/178-03
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: ORION S.A.R. DE PETROL
Date(s): [1918?]
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 1 production unit.
Name of creator(s): Orion S.A.R. de Petrol | petroleum company
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Orion SAR de Petrol owned oilfields in Romania. Although a Romanian registered company, it was a Dutch undertaking, formed in 1910. Orion was acquired by Phoenix Oil and Transport Company in 1926 and amalgamated with Unirea SAR de Petrol, a wholly owned subsidiary of Phoenix Oil and Transport Company, in 1935.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of Orion SAR de Petrol, petroleum company, comprising report on war damage sustained in 1916 and the resulting compensation claim.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
One item.
Conditions governing access:
Access by appointment only. Please contact staff.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
The records of Orion SAR de Petrol were deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library together with those of Phoenix Oil and Transport Co and other subsidiaries by the Official Receiver in 1988 . The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
CLC/B/178-01: Phoenix Oil and Transport Company Limited;
CLC/B/178-02: Arbanash (Roumania) Oil Company;
CLC/B/178-04: Phoenix Oil Products Limited;
CLC/B/178-05: Roumanian Consolidated Oilfields Limited;
CLC/B/178-06: Unirea S.A.R. de Petrol.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note:
Date(s) of descriptions: January to May 2011.