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Standard Asiatic Oil, Bangladesh, Government-Owned From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Standard Asiatic Oil Company Limited (Bengali: স্ট্যান্ডার্ড এশিয়াটিক অয়েল কোম্পানী লিমিটেড) is a Bangladeshi government owned oil company under Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation.[1] The company sells several grade lubricant, bitumen, diesel oil, furnace Oil, and LP gas.[2]
Formation | 1965 |
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Headquarters | Chittagong, Bangladesh |
Official language | Bengali |
Parent organization | Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation |
Website | saocl |
Standard Asiatic Oil Company Limited was established in 1965 as a joint venture of Asiatic Industries Limited and Esso.[3]
After the Independence of Bangladesh in 1972, Esso left the company and their shares were taken over by the government of Bangladesh.[3] The shares of Esso given to Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation, under the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources, which now owns 50 per cent of Standard Asiatic Oil Company Limited.[3][4]
Only Standard Asiatic Oil and Eastern Refinery Limited store oil condensate in Bangladesh.[5]
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