Petrochem Carless Ltd

Petrochem Carless Ltd is the present-day continuation of one of the earliest oil companies.

History

• 1859: Carless, Capel & Leonard was formed by Eugene Carless. It was later renamed Carless Refining and Marketing Ltd.
• 1870: Carless started selling a volatile inflammable petroleum distillate tradenamed 'Petrol'. That is where the word "petrol" came from. At first it was often used as a solvent, including to remove nits by dissolving the natural glue that the female louse uses to stick the nit to the hair. When internal combustion engines were invented, petrol was found to be suitable fuel for them. The word 'petrol' is still the generic name for gasoline used throughout the UK.
• 1996: Petrochem Distribution BVBA was established.
• 2000: Petrochem UK acquired Carless from the Spanish Repsol-YPF Group. The resulting company is now called Petrochem Carless Ltd.

External links

• http://www.petrochemcarless.com/docs/about_us_history.htm