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Clippens Oil Co. Ltd

Oil company that worked the Straiton and Pentland shale mines south of Edinburgh and the Pentland Paraffin Oil Works from about 1879 to the 1890s, taking over the Midlothian Oil Company in 1884.

Mines operated

MineRegionYears
Pentland No. 1 and 2 Mines Midlothian 1879–1900

Record created: 25 October 2026 · Last researched: 25 October 2026

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