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ARBANASH (ROUMANIA) OIL COMPANY


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/178-02

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: ARBANASH (ROUMANIA) OIL COMPANY

Date(s): 1912-1958

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 5 production units.

Name of creator(s): Arbanash (Roumania) Oil Co

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Arbanash (Roumania) Oil Company was incorporated in the UK in 1912. It was the nominee through which Phoenix Oil and Transport Company Limited held the capital of Unirea S.A.R. de Petrol, a Romanian registered oil company.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

The records of Arbanash (Roumania) Oil Company comprise: memorandum and articles of association, 1912 and 1929; minutes of board and general meetings, 1928-1955; annual balance sheets and accounts, 1939-1948, final accounts for 1948 and correspondence regarding winding up, 1950; cash book and private ledger, 1939-1958.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.

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:

Deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library together with the records 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/178-03: Orion S.A.R. de Petrol;
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:

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: January to May 2011.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Business records | Documents | Information sources
Oil extraction | Petroleum resources | Nonrenewable energy sources | Energy resources
Oil refineries | Industrial facilities | Facilities
Oil supply | Energy supply | Energy policy
Oilfields | Industrial facilities | Facilities
Petroleum | Fuels
Petroleum industry | Power industry | Industry

Personal names

Corporate names
Arbanash (Roumania) Oil Co

Places
Romania | Eastern Europe