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==Burma and Assam==
Oil wells in Burma began to be developed on an extensive scale after Upper Burma was annexed into British India in 1886.
<br>''A history of the Burmah Oil Company, Volume 1, 1886-1924'' and ''Volume 2 1924-1966'' by Thomas A B Corley published in 1983 and 1988 respectively, are available at the [[British Library]]
The '[[Burmah Oil Company, Railways|Burmah Oil Company]]' was founded as the 'Rangoon Oil Company' in Glasgow in 1886 by John and David Cargill to develop oil fields in the Indian subcontinent with '[[Finlay, Fleming & Co]]' of Rangoon as [[Managing_Agencies|Managing Agent]]. Drilling began at Khodaung in 1887 and by the end of 1888 two wells had been drilled. A second field at Twingon was started in 1888. These were known collectively as the 'Magwe Oilfields' and the total production from them was 155 barrels a day from 281 wells by the end of the century. Refineries were built at Syriam and Dunnedaw, across the Pegu River from [[Rangoon]], from April 1893 and completed by 1897 <ref name =YA03>“Industrial Railways and Locomotives of India and South Asia” compiled by Simon Darvill. Published by ‘The Industrial Railway Society’ 2013. ISBN 978 1 901556 82-7. Available at http://irsshop.co.uk/India. Reference: Entry YA03 page ....</ref>.
==Assam==
Oil had been discovered in 1866 by a Mr Goodenough of McKillop, Stewart & Co and a concession was granted November 1866, at Nahorpung about 30 miles (48 km) south east of [[Digboi]]. The [[Assam Railways and Trading Company]] (AR&TC) had found oil coming to the surface while constructing the [[Dibru-Sadiya Railway]] between [[Dibrugarh]] and [[Margherita]] in 1867 <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digboi Wikipedia "Digboi")]; Retrieved 5 Feb 2017</ref> and were granted a concession. At this time the AR&TC was more interested in the building of the railway and developing its collieries <ref name =darvill>“Industrial Railways and Locomotives of India and South Asia” compliled by Simon Darvill. Published by ‘The Industrial Railway Society’ 2013. ISBN 978 1 901556 82-7. Available at http://irsshop.co.uk/India. Reference: Entry AS90 pages 103-104</ref>.
In 1889 oil was struck at [[Digboi]] by the AR&TC and they constructed the [[Digboi]] station on their [[Dibru-Sadiya Railway]], in 1892 another strike was made and by 1893 the boundry of the company's land was agreed with the Government. A small refinery was built at [[Margherita]]. By 1893 there were six wells producing oil. In 1899 AR&TC promoted a new company Assam Oil Company, which was sold to [[Burmah Oil Company, Railways|Burmah Oil Company]] <ref name =darvill/>.
The [[Digboi Oil Refinery Railway|Digboi Oil Refinery Railway]] was established in 1901 and is still in operation today.
==Punjab now Pakistan==
=== Historical books online ===
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/bengalassambehar00playuoft#page/414/mode/2up ''Bengal and Assam, Behar and Orissa : their history, people, commerce and industrial resources''] by Somerset Playne and J W Bond 1917 on the Archive.org website has a chapter on "The Assam Oil Company , Ltd"
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