What was national Benzole mixture?

National Benzole was a petroleum brand used in the United Kingdom from 1919 to the 1960s. In 1957 the National Benzole Co. became wholly owned by Shell-Mex and B.P. Ltd (through British Petroleum) but continued its separate trading identity….National Benzole.

Type Subsidiary of BP plc (dormant)
Products Petrol
Parent BP

What is benzol used for?

n. a colorless, slightly water-soluble, liquid aromatic compound, C6H6, obtained chiefly from coal tar: used in making chemicals and dyes and as a solvent.

What happened to regent petrol?

Regent Petrol was a relatively new name to British garage forecourts (or gas stations) in 1954 – it was developed as a brand in the post-war period following the end of the brandless ‘Pool’ petrol of wartime rationing. It was later fully merged into Texaco.

What is benzol fuel?

In the United Kingdom, benzole or benzol is a coal-tar product consisting mainly of benzene and toluene. Benzole was also blended with petrol and sold as a motor fuel under trade names including “National Benzole Mixture” and “Regent Benzole Mixture”.

Is benzol another name for benzene?

Benzene is an organic chemical compound with the molecular formula C6H6….Benzene.

Names
Preferred IUPAC name Benzene
Other names Benzol (historic/German) Cyclohexa-1,3,5-triene; 1,3,5-Cyclohexatriene [6]Annulene (not recommended)
Identifiers
CAS Number 71-43-2

Does Chevron own shell?

After Texaco merged with Chevron in 2001, Shell purchased Texaco’s shares in the joint ventures….Shell Oil Company.

One Shell Plaza, Shell Oil Company’s former headquarters in Houston.
Revenue US$ 37.376 billion (2013/2016)
Number of employees 80,000
Parent Royal Dutch Shell

What color is benzene?

Benzene is a chemical that is a colorless or light yellow liquid at room temperature. It has a sweet odor and is highly flammable.

Who is the parent company of National Benzole?

In the early 1960s National Benzole was re-branded as National and continued trading as a UK retailer of petroleum products until the early 1990s, when the brand was phased out by parent company BP . The company was founded in February 1919 in a room next to the boiler house of the Gas Light and Coke Company in London’s Horseferry Road.

Why was the National Benzole brand so popular?

Effectively promoted and distributed into the second half of the twentieth century, National Benzole continued to be very popular with British motorists and the National Benzole brand remained a common sight at the roadside.

When did British Petroleum stop selling National Benzole?

Following the de-merger of Shell-Mex and British Petroleum ( BP) in 1976, the National brand continued to be distinctively marketed by BP for over a decade. In the 1970s and 1980s the company’s petrol stations sold figurines of The Smurfs comic characters whose blue and white colouring matched the National colours.

What was the name of the National Benzole pump?

Almost every service station in the 1930s had a National Benzole pump, for single-brand sites were unknown in those days. Eventually Mr Mercury’s head was used as the brand’s logo. At the outbreak of the Second World War, all petrol brands gave way to pool petrol .