Corporate Body

Esso Australia Limited (1927 - )

From
1927
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Functions
Petrochemical Industry
Website
http://www.exxonmobil.com/Australia-English/PA/default.aspx
Reference No
ABN: 49 000 018 566
Location
Melbourne, Victoria

Summary

Esso Australia was established in 1927. The company is involved in petroleum exploration and production and is an subsidiary of oil and gas company ExxonMobil.

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Archival resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Library

  • Bass Strait oil and gas records assembled by Dr Tony Krins, 1964 - 1987, BSAR03890; Krins, Anthony (Tony); Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Library. Details

Published resources

Books

Films

  • Cox, Cyril [director, photographer]; Stacey, Bill [editing]; McConnachie, David [sound recording], Wild cats and white horses: Newsreel on the beginning of Australia's oil industry from 1966, YouTube, Produced by Cinesound, Esso Standard Oil (Australia) Limited, Australia, 1967. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-DXKpyLjt8. Details

Journal Articles

Newspaper Articles

  • Anon, 'The obstetrician at the birth of an industry', Connection - ExxonMobil, 136 (2020), 4-5. Details
  • Esso Australia, 'In Action! - Esso Exploration's first offshore well is spudded-in in Gippsland Basin', Esso News, 3 (7) (1965), 1-2. Details

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