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Oil Well Engineering Co

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1959 Chicksan Loading Arm. Photo by W. Rhodes Marriott.
1958 Drilling Equipment. Photo by W. Rhodes Marriott.
1959 Oil Hydraulic Marine Loading Arm. Photo by W. Rhodes Marriott.
Group alongside the test rig for an N815 swivel. Photo by W. Rhodes Marriott.

of Stockport

1866 Company founded.

1910 Private company.

1935 See Oil Well Engineering Co:1935 Review

1937 Fire destroys patterns and records at Cheadle Heath.[1]

1943 J. Cuthill, the general manager, awarded OBE.[2]

1952 The Burmah Oil Co holds some shares as a 'trading investment' in the company.[3]

1961 Manufacturers and suppliers of well drilling machinery and all oil field requirements. 900 employees. [4]

1964 Awards large contract to AEI for motor and control gear for a North Sea offshore drilling platform.[5]


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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette - Thursday 06 May 1937
  2. ↑ The Times, Monday, Jan 04, 1943
  3. ↑ The Times, Saturday, Jul 05, 1952
  4. ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
  5. ↑ The Times, Thursday, Dec 31, 1964
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