Scottish Shale Oil Industry

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Scottish_Shale_Oil_Industry
GPTKB entity
Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf historical industry
gptkbp:archiveType gptkb:Almond_Valley_Heritage_Trust
gptkb:National_Records_of_Scotland
gptkbp:ceasedMajorOperations 1962
gptkbp:declinedAfter early 20th century
competition from cheaper imported petroleum
exhaustion of local shale resources
gptkbp:environmentalImpact shale bings
gptkbp:firstCommercialShaleOilWorks gptkb:Bathgate
gptkbp:firstCommercialShaleOilWorksDate 1851
gptkbp:hasHistoricSite gptkb:Almond_Valley_Heritage_Centre
Scottish Shale Oil Museum
gptkbp:hasResource gptkb:oil
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Scottish Shale Oil Industry
gptkbp:industry coal industry
petroleum industry
gptkbp:legacy industrial archaeology
local economic development
landscape features
gptkbp:location gptkb:Scotland
gptkbp:market gptkb:Australia
gptkb:Europe
gptkb:India
gptkb:North_America
gptkbp:notableCompany Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Company
Oakbank Oil Company
Broxburn Oil Company
Pumpherston Oil Company
West Calder Oil Company
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:James_Young
gptkbp:notableProduct fertilizer
grease
lamp oil
Young's Paraffin Oil
paraffin candles
gptkbp:peakPeriod late 19th century
gptkbp:product shale oil
ammonia
naphtha
paraffin
lubricating oil
sulphate of ammonia
gptkbp:region gptkb:Fife
gptkb:West_Lothian
gptkb:Lanarkshire
gptkb:Clackmannanshire
Mid Lothian
gptkbp:startDate 1850s
gptkbp:technology distillation
retorting
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Almond_Valley_Discovery_Centre
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8