Charting the flow of BLACK GOLD 4 Ft LLLIAM KNOX D'ARCY the man who found Britain'& W richest single source of oil and petrol in Persia, wa8 8 millionaire prospector from the gold-mines of Australia. But D'Arcy wanted oil ! As he mined his Australian gold he dreamed about oil-~he thought about oil he studied all that was written about oil mining, geology and refining processes: In 1901 he left Australia. In his wanderings he met a Persian Prince a meeting which proved to be an important mile-/ stone in the history of their two nations. D'Arcy saw 01 traces in Persia and decided that this was his proving ground ~~his drilling ground but success came slowly. The British Government at the time was help ful, but impatient. British investors soon lost interest and D'Arcy lost THE SEARCH a personal fortune. But D'Arcy FOR 0IL plodded on, and the courage, the tenacity and the confidence of this abadan British adventurer ultimately wor 1901 for Britain one of her greatest national assets: In 1909 the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, now known as 3 The Anglo-Iranian Company, was formed: This is the organisation--the parent company of the British Petroleum Company of New Zealand Limited-~which produces the 66 98 famous BP: petrol, a product Of British enterprise: Before very long it will be available in New Zealand: PETnot THE BRITISH PETROLEUM COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND LIMITED 3 R
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 19, Issue 480, 3 September 1948, Page 11
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233Page 11 Advertisement 2 New Zealand Listener, Volume 19, Issue 480, 3 September 1948, Page 11
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