Turkish Petroleum Company

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The Turkish Petroleum Company was an early 20th-century oil consortium formed by European interests to explore and develop oil resources in the Ottoman Empire, particularly in Mesopotamia (modern Iraq).

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Turkish Petroleum Company canonical 2
Turkish Petroleum Co. 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct company
oil company
petroleum consortium
activity oil exploration
oil production
oil transportation
alsoKnownAs TPC
Turkish Petroleum Company
surface form: Turkish Petroleum Co.
country United Kingdom
dissolved 1929
founded 1912
foundedBy Anglo-Persian Oil Company
Calouste Gulbenkian
Deutsche Bank
Imperial Ottoman Bank
surface form: National Bank of Turkey

Royal Dutch Shell
William Knox D’Arcy
grantedConcessionBy British Iraq Mandate
surface form: British Mandate of Iraq

Ottoman Empire
hasShareholder Anglo-Persian Oil Company
Calouste Gulbenkian
TotalEnergies
surface form: Compagnie Française des Pétroles

Deutsche Bank
Near East Development Corporation
Royal Dutch Shell
headquartersLocation London, England
surface form: London
historicalEra early 20th century
industry oil and gas
involvedIn Red Line Agreement
San Remo Oil Agreement
legalForm joint-stock company
notableMember Calouste Gulbenkian
operatedIn Iraq
Mesopotamia
Ottoman Empire
predecessor Iraq Petroleum Company
purpose development of oil resources in Mesopotamia
exploration of oil in the Ottoman Empire
relatedTo British foreign policy in the Middle East
French oil interests in the Middle East
German economic interests in the Ottoman Empire
reorganizedAs Iraq Petroleum Company
shareholdingStructure Anglo-Persian Oil Company 47.5 percent
Calouste Gulbenkian 5 percent
Compagnie Française des Pétroles 25 percent
Royal Dutch Shell 22.5 percent
strategicImportance control of Middle Eastern oil resources
successor Iraq Petroleum Company

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Calouste Gulbenkian workedFor Turkish Petroleum Company
Turkish Petroleum Company alsoKnownAs Turkish Petroleum Company
this entity surface form: Turkish Petroleum Co.
Iraq Petroleum Company predecessor Turkish Petroleum Company