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People often ask us, "What happened to such-and-such an oil company? Are they still around? Are the share certificates I've found worth anything? We cannot promise to answer questions you send us and we do not provide valuations. The Petroleum History Society is a volunteer-run organization with few resources. However we are keenly interested in Canadian petroleum history and will reply to your questions where we can.

Our research is primarily conducted by the Glenbow Archives, under the direction of the Glenbow's Chief Archivist - Doug Cass - who is also one of our Directors. PHS President, Clint Tippett, and other members may also add their knowledge. Even if a company no longer exists, the actual share certificates may be of value to collectors. To check that out, search for "scripophily" at your favorite search engine.

The Petroleum History Society would gratefully accept certificates as a donation if you so desire - Canadian companies only. Please email us first to check if we need a copy of the company that you have - info petroleumhistory. Aquila Books or Toll free: Here are some good references for old oil companies in Alberta and Canada. You may need to find these in an archives where out-of-date copies are kept, rather than just the latest edition.

For more modern companies and companies in other jurisdictions please check with local archives, libraries, museums, or corporate registries. For relatively modern companies - check with stock brokers or other investment professionals.

Here are some commercial services which research old stock. Please note, we have no experience with these services and this is not an endorsement of them. Here's a CBC news story entitled Researching old stock and bond certificates: If your research leads you to an existing company that took over the old company, contact their transfer agent. You can probably find the transfer agent by going to the Investor Relations section of the existing company's website.

If you can't find the transfer agent, contact the Investor Relations department of the existing company. Note - "struck off" or "struck from the corporate register" means the company went out of business, rather than being merged with another firm.

Anglo Canada Royalties Limited - Anglo Canadian Oil Company Ltd. Globe Oil Company Limited Globe Oil Company Ltd. Globe Oil Company Ltd. The Financial Post Survey of Oils has no information on this company, incorporated in BC.

An Aberdeen Oils Ltd. Aberdeen Oils was struck from the Alberta Corporate Register on December 31, Only a very few wells were ever drilled before the war intervened. Acme was incorporated in Alberta in and struck from the register in It amalgamated with Trans-Canada Resources Ltd. The Financial Post Survey of Canadian Oils - shows that Akamina was still in business then. It was federally incorporated inand had its head office in Vancouver.

We have not found what happened after Our inquirer was looking for information on Aladdin Oil and Gas. In the Financial Post Survey of Oils for and there is a listing in the Dead and Dormant Companies for:. Our inquirer found out from a stock broker that Albedena was bought out by Nitrocell then Magnum then Enertech who dissolved in According the Alberta Companies List Alberta Associated Oilfields was incorporated in Alberta in and struck from the register in The Financial Post Survey of Oils in the mids indicated they were inactive and dormant.

Alberta Energy was formed as a public company by the Alberta government in It purchased PanCanadian Petroleum in and the company is now called EnCana. Alberta Keystone had a very short life. It was incorporated in Alberta in and was dissolved in According to the Alberta Corporate RegistryAlberta Oil Leaseholds was incorporated in Alberta inheadquartered in Toronto and struck from the register in It has a small interest in 4 wells at Leduc, 3 wells at Lloydminster and 1 well at Whitemud.

We could find no record of this company in the Financial Post Survey of Oilsthe Canadian Oil and Gas Directory or the Alberta Companies List. Alberta Pacific Consolidated was incorporated in and survived until when it was taken over by Canadian Industrial Gas and Oil which later folded into Norcen.

Some of the remnants of Norcen are now held by Anadarko. Alberta Petroleum Limited was incorporated in Alberta in and it was wound up in when it became part of Alberta Petroleum Consolidated Company.

The latter was liquidated in The and issues of the Financial Post Survey of Oils have no listing for this firm. Alberta Petroleum Consolidated Limited was incorporated in Alberta inbut did very little and was liquidated in There is no reference to this firm in standard sources such as the Financial Post Survey of Oils and Survey of Predecessor and Defunct Companies.

The edition of The Financial Post Survey of Canadian Oils shows this company was a Dominion Incorporation in It was a merger of Edmonton Syndicate, Spa Oils Ltd. Aldina-Leduc was incorporated in Alberta and 10 shares were exchangeable for 1 share of Norsul Oil and Mining Limited. In the Financial Post Survey of Oils shows both Alliance companies as dead.

Alliance Oil Company was incorporated in Alberta in and struck from the register in According to the Financial Post Survey of Canadian Oils Altamont Oil Co.

According to the Financial Post Survey of Oils Baymar Oils Limited took over the assets of the Altoba Syndicate in According the list of firms incorporated in Alberta Amalgamated Oils head office in Calgary was established in and struck from the register in However the assets were sold to Western Decalta Petroleum Ltd.

This firm was acquired in by Wesdec Petroleum, a subsidiary of Loram Company Ltd. Loram was part of the Mannix family empire and the current holding company name is Coril — perhaps they can provide information. It changed its name to Paracorp Limited in November and was struck from the companies register on July 1, No information was found in our usual sources, so the trace left by Amerimac Petroleums is pretty faint.

The certificate owner thought the company was possibly issuing shares to cover exploration in the area of Elk Point, Alberta, but this could not be confirmed.

Amoco began in as Standard Oil of Indiana, John D. By it was known as Amoco. In Amoco and BP merged. See the history of Amoco on BP's website at http: According to the Financial Post Survey of Predecessor and Defunct CompaniesAnaconda Oil Company Ltd. It changed its name to Canadian Anaconda Oils Ltd. In the name changed again to Troy Gold Industries Ltd. Troy was struck off the register in Anderson Exploration was acquired by Devon Energy in There is a current company called Anderson Energy also run by J.

Anderson who founded Anderson Exploration. Neither the Financial Post Survey of Oils or the list of the incorporated companies in Alberta had any information on Anglo Alberta Oils Limited, Wainwright, Alberta. The certificate holder, Brent L. He also provided a newspaper article from the Winnipeg Tribune dated October 23, concerning Anglo-Albertan.

Company President Charles Gower stated they had acquired the exclusive rights for a process of extracting crude oil from the bituminous sands of northern Alberta. They also proposed construction of a barrel refinery at Fort McMurray. It is unlikely these plans came to fruition. The Financial Post Survey of Oils for shows the company was "struck off Register.

The Financial Post Survey of OilsAlberta Corporate index and other directories have no mention of Anglo Canadian Royalties Limited. There was an Anglo Canadian Oil Company Ltd. There was also a short-lived firm Anglo Canadian Oils Ltd. Another person had a share certificate for Anglo Canadian Oils Ltd, incorporated in Manitoba, dated April According to the Financial Post Survey of Predecessor and Defunct CompaniesAnglo Canadian was taken over in by British American Oil Company, which is now ConocoPhillips.

Financial Post Survey of Oils inAnglo Dutch Consolidated was "never active". It was involved in a complicated US court case: According to the first Financial Post Survey of Oils in a company called Anglo-Wainwright Oils was already defunct but it was probably not the same firm. According to the Alberta Companies list, Anglo-Wainwright Oil and Refining was not incorporated in Alberta.

The company is not mentioned in the Financial Post Survey of Predecessor and Defunct Companies which covers much of the 20th century, although it omits many small firms. Arctic Exploration and Mining was incorporated in Alberta in and struck from the register in Our researcher checked various issues of the Financial Post Survey of Oils from to Arctic Oil was incorporated in Saskatchewan in with headquarters at Maple Creek.

They had leases in Saskatchewan, Alberta and Montana. The directors mostly seem to be related: Palmer of Calgary, C. Palmer of Maple Creek, E. The survey mentions they had drilled two wells to that point and both were dry. In the headquarters had been moved to the Maclean Block in Calgary. By the survey the Financial Post indicates that they could not locate an address for the firm. In The Financial Post Survey of Canadian Oils - — Arrowhead shows in the list of Dead, Dormant and Inactive Companies.

It was struck from the register in Thanks to Diane D. Look for the "Polar Bear" sign. The New British Dominion Oil Company Limited changed its name to Asamera Oil Corporation, Ltd. Asamera was bought by Gulf Canada Resources Ltd. Conoco acquired Gulf Canada Resources Limited in One company with this name was incorporated in Alberta in and struck from the Register of Companies in Another firm with same name was incorporated federally in and drilled a successful well in Turner Valley in The company does not seem to have done much after the first well.

We could not find when it was dissolved, but you may be able to find out if you contact Library and Archives Canada in Ottawa.

The Financial Post Survey of Oils says that the firm had been inactive since the early s. Baltac Oils was incorporated in as a federal corporation. While still shown as an active company in The Financial Post Survey of Canadian Oils -it appears to be defunct according to fpinfomart.

According to the Financial Post Survey of Oils the company was incorporated federally in with headquarters in Calgary to take over the assets of the Altoba Syndicate. The next Financial Post Survey of Oils that our researcher has is where the company is listed as "wound up". The Financial Post Survey of Oils says the company was incorporated in as a Dominion of Canada corporation. Held large acreage in Sage Creek district, Flathead Valley, B. Several wells were drilled and shut down.

Note - There appears to be a more recent company with the same name - circa Issued under Section 63 respecting mining companies of the companies ordinance.

Incorporated under the laws of the Province of Alberta. Involved in Alberta oil development generated by the first Turner Valley wells ofalthough unsuccessful.

Beacon Oils was incorporated in and struck off in Beacon Petroleums was incorporated in Alberta in and based in Edmonton. It had an interest in one well in the Lloydminster field, drilled in The company was reorganized as Beacon Placers in and eventually struck from the register of Alberta companies in Beaver Oils, Limited was an Alberta company with a head office in Calgary.

It issued shares in According to the Financial Post Survey of OilsBeaver Oils Limited was "wound up, charter surrendered, stated to be dead".

There appears to be no following company although this Beaver name is used by many other corporate entities and one might have had something to do with Beaver Oils Limited. A current issue of the Financial Post "Predecessor and Defunct" listings may have more information.

As far as we can tell, it did not drill any wells and was struck from the register of Alberta companies in Bethwain Oils Limited, which was in existence inwas struck from the Alberta Corporate Register on March 15, Big Chief Oil Company was not incorporated in Alberta and we were unable to locate information about it. Big Four was incorporated in and struck from the corporate register in without drilling.

According to an Alberta corporate registry list, this company was incorporated in Alberta in and struck from the register in According to the Alberta Corporate Registry list, Bond Petroleums was incorporated in Alberta inbased in Edmonton in the Kresge Buildingand struck from the register in The Boundary Bay Oil Company of Vancouver BC is mentioned in the Financial Post Survey of Oils. It says that the company owned lands in Fraser Valley but by it was dormant. He sold his company to Talisman Energy inbut remained chairman of the board of directors of Bow Valley Energy Limited until his death.

The Canadian holding company of British Petroleum was renamed BP Canada in ; and init acquired Subsequently, Supertest was renamed to BP Canada Ltd, and other Canadian interests of British Petroleum amalgamated to the new company.

According to the Financial Post Survey of Predecessor and Defunct CompaniesBritalta was incorporated in British Columbia in and its assets were acquired by Wilshire Oil Company of Texas in The register of companies for Alberta shows this company was incorporated in and struck from the register in Our researcher doesn't think it drilled for what stocks does warren buffett been buying during the Turner Valley boom.

British-American was struck from the register in This company does not appear in any of the usual reference sources — the Financial Post Survey of Predecessor and Defunct Companies and the Alberta Companies list. Registered in Calgary, Alberta. Involved in Alberta oil development generated by the first Turner Valley wells of British Canadian drilled outside Turner Valley and was unsuccessful. Incorporated in and struck off in This royalty trust certificate was issued insubject to optionshouse brokerage reviews royalty trust agreement made in the stock market worksheets The certificate holder found that "the section listed on this certificate is currently still in production, having originally began in ".

We found Can i buy aim stocks in isa Colonial associated with Montreal Trust which is now Computershare Trust Company Of Canada, Oil Royalties Dept.

British Dominion was incorporated in under the Companies Act of Canada. The company changed its corporate name to New British Dominion Oil Company Limited inand to Asamera Oil Corporation, Ltd. British Petroleums Boyds stocks for cz 527, a Vancouver firm, began drilling operations at Wainwright, Alberta, in British Petroleums Limited was a small unsuccessful company with no relationship to the company now called BP.

Inthe name British Petroleums Limited was changed to Leamac Petroleums Limited and in to Embassy Petroleums Limited. Embassy Petroleums Limited merged into Cavalier Energy Inc. British Trans Canada Oils was incorporated in Alberta in In the Financial Post Survey of Oils it is listed as in liquidation. According to the Financial Post Survey of Predecessor CompaniesBrit-Leduc was incorporated in Ontario in and dissolved in Cactus Drilling is listed from about to in the Canadian Oil Register.

Cactus was acquired by Precision Drilling in Calbrico was momentum trading stock charts in Alberta in and drilled a well near Edmonton.

According to the Alberta Companies list their status changed in but I have been unable to determine what happened to them from the Financial Post Survey of Oils. According to an Alberta corporate registry list, Calgary Kevin was incorporated in Alberta in and struck from the register in According to the Alberta Companies list California-Alberta Oil Company was incorporated in Alberta in but struck from the register in They did start a well in the Morinville area in but it was abandoned in According market capitalization of stock exchanges in the world the Financial Post Survey of Spain stock market ibexCalmar West was incorporated in Alberta in The name was changed to Brett Oils into Bro Resources Ltd inand to Dragon oil shares bought in 1997 Quantum Energy Corp.

According stock market explained easy an internet search, Canada Geothermal Oils went into receivership in the s and is defunct. Calmont Oils Limited was located in Calgary. They drilled an unproductive well in the Turner Valley area from There is a photo of this well, called Calmont 1, in the Glenbow Photo Archives, number NC The company ended in Previously Anaconda Oil Company Ltd.

The list of Alberta incorporated companies indicates that Canadian British Empire was incorporated in and struck from the register in Canadian Consolidated Oils was incorporated in Alberta in Its well was not a producer and it was struck from the register of Alberta companies in Canadian Dutch Oils Limited drilled several wells in Ontario in Thanks to Bill R.

An internet search shows this Edmonton-based company is defunct. It had a refinery near Lloydminster fromowned rail cars at one time, and had plans for a refinery in Manitoba. InCanadian Risk of binary options 60 seconds strategy Gas and Oil and several other companies merged to create Norcen Energy.

According to the edition of The Financial Post Survey of Canadian Oils Maple Leaf Royalties Ltd. Canadian Maple Leaf Royalties Ltd.

In an agreement with Banner Oils, it was drilling Banner No. Operations were being financed by the sale of royalty shares. No further information was located. Eagle Energy advised that this is NOT the Maple Leaf Royalties Corp. Maple Leaf Funds also say this is "not us".

According to the Financial Post Predecessor and Defunct database, this Ontario corporation is defunct.

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No record of money makers daddy yankee & don omar mp3 firm was found in the Financial Post Survey of Predecessor and Defunct Companiesthe Financial Post Survey of Oilsand the list of incorporated Alberta Companies.

The Canadian forex contact Pacific Railway Company incorporated Canadian Pacific Oil and Gas CPOG in CPOG purchased Central-Del Rio Oils in However, the company operated under the Central-Del Rio name until when its name changed to PanCanadian Petroleum Limited.

There is no reference to the Canadian Twin City Oil Company in an Alberta corporate registry list or the Financial Post Survey of Oils. Because of the early date of the shares, we surmise that the company was incorporated harbour town adelaide easter trading 2014 Ontario. More information might be found at the Ontario Corporate registry or at the Ontario Provincial Archives in Toronto.

According to the Financial Post Survey of Predecessor and Defunct Companies, Canadian Turbo was incorporated in Alberta in and acquired by a numbered company BC Ltd in The Company was struck from the Alberta register on January 3, The firm was a major player in the Canadian oil industry for some years.

Canadian Westgrowth was acquired by Ulster Petroleums Ltd. Thanks to Doug Sweeting, CFP, of Dragon oil shares bought in 1997, BC, for this information. Previously called Can-American Petroleum Equipment trade binary options free. According to the Financial Post Survey of Predecessor and Defunct Companies this firm changed its name to Can-American Natural Resources Ltd.

Can-Albion was incorporated in British Columbia and had some operations in Alberta in No further information was found. Corporate Registrar may have some more information. According to an internet search, this company forex auto robot software struck from the corporate register on December 31, The Financial Post Survey of Predecessor and Defunct Companies and the Canadian Oil Register show no mention of this firm.

It was headquartered in Vancouver, and drilled two wells in the Milk River field in Alberta. It says the company is inactive. According to the Financial Post Survey of Predecessor and Defunct Companies this firm was incorporated in Ontario in It was acquired by Ellesmere Oil and Development Ltd. The latter was wound up in There is no reference to this company in the Register of Alberta Companies or the Financial Post Survey of Oils for the first year it came out. Our researcher is quite familiar with the early oil companies that operated in southern Alberta but this company is unknown to him.

According to the Canadian oil register Cavalcade was incorporated in Ontario in with headquarters at Toronto. They had interests in wells in the Leduc and Lloydminster fields in Alberta.

According to the Financial Post Survey of Predecessor and Defunct Companies their name was changed to International Kingdom Mining and Exploration Ltd. That company was dissolved on April 15, Formed from the merger of Central Leduc and Del Rio Oils inCentral-Del Rio was purchased by Canadian Pacific Oil and Gas in However, the company continued to operate under the Central-Del Rio name until when its name changed to PanCanadian Petroleum Limited.

Central Leduc Drilling was incorporated on July 11, and merged with Del Rio Oils to form Central-Del Rio Oils on April 9, According to the Register of Alberta companies, this firm was incorporated in and wound up in According to the certificate holder thanks JustinChancellor Drilling Syndicate was recorded on the books of the Montreal Trust Company in the City of Calgary, in the Province of Alberta.

The certificate is dated September 22nd, A note that was attached to the certificate from The Earn money in malaysia Bank of Commerce in Drumheller, Alberta stating the amount of the shares and is hand signed by W.

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Chicago Alberta Oilfields Company was incorporated in Alberta in and was struck from the register of companies in There is no indication in the Alberta Companies list that it was taken over by any other firm. Clarke Mitchell Oil Wells Limited was incorporated in Alberta in and struck from the register in They had interests in land in Turner Valley. Clear Petroleums was incorporated in Alberta in and struck from the Investing in stock market for beginners philippines Corporate Register in The person forex helsinki keskusta inquired had found a Commonwealth Drilling Company credit card and wondered how old it was.

According to the Financial Post, Commonwealth Drilling was established in and merged with other companies around Many of the names of the other firms mentioned disappeared through mergers in the early s. This credit card binary options break even ratio probably issued to a Commonwealth employee.

A drilling company's business would take an employee all over rural areas, so the card had to be valid for a variety of companies - there were no widely accepted cards, like VISA or MasterCard, in lse trading days days.

This card was good for Anglo-American Exploration, British American Oil, White Rose, Imperial, McColl-Frontenac Oil, Pacific Petroleums, Royalite Oil, make money wow 6.2 Shell Oil Co.

The McColl-Frontenac account indicates that the card is from The McColl-Frontenac name was in use until when it was replaced by the Texaco name.

Consolidated Northland Oils was incorporated in Alberta in On January 11,the company name was changed to International Northland Resources Inc. Consolidated Oil Company was incorporated in Alberta in and struck from the register in There is no indication that they were taken over by another firm.

The name was changed to Convoy Capital Corporation in April and then to Hariston Corporation in Consolidated Trans-Canada Resources Ltd. InRanchmen's was acquired by Crestar Energy. In NovemberCrestar Energy, Inc. Then Gulf Canada was then taken over by Conoco in Continental Emsco was incorporated in Alberta in In a news release of Sept. Our how did the stock market crash in 1929 yahoo believes they are still in business as EC Franklin as of July Continental Potash Corporation was incorporated in Alberta in and struck from the register in An Ontario corporation with exactly the same name issued shares circahowever no information was found on that company.

Crescent Oil Fields was incorporated in Alberta in As far as double binary option can tell it did not drill any wells and was struck from the register of Alberta companies in Dalhousie Oil Company Ltd.

It was controlled by Royalite Oil company which was originally a subsidiary of Imperial Oil and later of Gulf. Royalite was wound up in the s. Dalhousie later merged with Imperial Oil Ltd. We suggest contacting Imperial Oil investor relations to check on the shares.

Vescan changed its name to Inouye Technologies Canada Inc. Incorporated in Ontario, Dallas changed its name to AML International, and then AML was cease-traded by Ontario in Del Bonita Associated Oils Limited was struck from the Alberta Corporate Register on October 30, According to the Alberta Companies listDempsey Oils was incorporated in Alberta in and struck from the register in According realne zarobki na forexie the Devenish Building website http: June - After a directors' meeting of Devenish Petroleum at Skiff, east of Stirling, southern Alberta.

Seated on chairs, left to right: Compton, Oscar Devenish, McKnight, Doc. Two drillers in background. University of Alberta Easiest way to make money in gt5 b spec UAA John Allan and friends at Skiff.

Millar-Gill cookJohn Allan, unknown, Oscar Devenish, unknown. John Allan had sited the discovery well of the Skiff oil field for Devenish How much money drummers make and was proud of it. University of Alberta Earth and Atmospheric Sciences EAS Archives. Dome Petroleum Limited began in when "Smiling Jack" Gallagher joined Dome Exploration Western Ltd.

It became Dome Petroleum Limited in The Alberta Companies list indicates that the company was incorporated in in Alberta and struck from the register in It would have been one of the hundreds of small companies formed to explore in Turner Valley before the first war.

It was purchased by Plains Petroleums Ltd.

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Devon are still in operation. According to the Financial Post Survey of OilsEdalta Oils was incorporated federally in and headquartered at Provost, Alberta. It drilled a well in the Wainwright field at W4. A Government of Canada website shows the company changed its name in to Canada Inc.

Eden Valley Oils Ltd. The certificate in question is dated March and it recruiter jobs work from home in india president is Charles McGregor. Our researcher checked the Financial Post Survey of Oils.

The earliest edition he has is where Eden Valley is described animal crossing new leaf bells cheat code "wound up".

Edmonton North Oil is listed as "non-registered" in the Petroleum Registry of Alberta. The Edmonton Oil Company was incorporated in Alberta in and struck from the companies register in The Directors were J. Lefaive, Vice-president, and R. The offices were located in roomEmpress Block, Jasper Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta. According to the F inancial Post Survey of Oils Edoran was incorporated in Alberta in and the name was changed to Kamalta Exploration Ltd. The company went into bankruptcy in Our researcher checked the Financial Post Survey of Oils for and In the one, they are listed as dead or dormant.

More information may be available from the Ontario registrar. The Empire Oil Company, Limited was incorporated in and wound up in As far as we know it did not drill a well. Fabyan Petroleums had a dominion incorporation in and was based in Vancouver.

It drilled several wells in Alberta but by was dissolved. The directors in the early 30s were R. Long, William Parslow, William Sanderson, F.

A Farrell Oils certificate was found which was issued in November Farrell Oils was struck from the Alberta Corporate Register on November 29, Incorporated under The Companies Ordinance, Alberta.

Federal drilled outside Turner Valley and was unsuccessful. Incorporated in and struck from the register in According the Alberta Companies list, Fidelity was incorporated in Alberta in and was struck from the register of incorporated companies in A notation that the company was struck means it went out of business, rather than being merged with another firm.

The Financial Post Survey of Oils for the s [ and ] has no mention of this company. As the company was incorporated in British Columbia, the BC registrar of companies or the British Columbia Archives may have some information on this company. The Foundation Company drilled a well in Turner Valley starting June 14, in Section 21, Township 18, Range 2, West of the 5th Meridian. It was completed November 16, and produced commercial gas for about 10 years. According to the Alberta Companies List, Fort McKay Oil and Asphalt was incorporated in Alberta in and struck from the register in According to the issue of The Financial Post Survey of Canadian OilsFuego Oil Co.

Shares of common stock were offered to the public in September Proceeds were to be used to drill wells in the Gaspe Peninsula of Quebec and at least one well was drilled. However ina news article from Uniontown, Pennsylvania, reported that the state of New York " choked off a Canadian oil stock scheme which it said defrauded American investors of five million dollars. It declared only small fraction of the money went into drilling.

Gates Petroleum was incorporated under the laws of the Dominion of Canada. The only reference we could find to this company was a share issue being offered, which appeared in The Winnipeg Tribune of March 12, Globe Drilling was incorporated federally in as an outgrowth of Mutual Oil Refineries Ltd.

They were based in Edmonton and owned property in the Pigeon Lake region of central Alberta. They are listed in the Financial Post Survey of Oils. The next issue we have isby that time they have disappeared. This company does not appear in the usual reference sources such as the Financial Post Survey of Oils or the Financial Post Survey of Predecessor and Defunct Companies.

As the shares were issued in Winnipeg, the Manitoba Corporate Registry may have some information on Globe Fuel Cooperative. According to the Alberta Companies list, there have been several Globe Oil Companies incorporated in Alberta since the first Turner Valley Discovery:. The name changed to Consolidated Trans-Canada Resources Ltd. In Ranchmen's was bought by Crestar Energy. Gulf Canada Resources acquired Crestar in November Granville Oils Limited last appeared in the Canadian Oil Register in It says it was affiliated with Western Decalta Petroleum.

Western Decalta was established in and was dissolved in Its assets were sold to Loram, a company owned by the Mannix family of Calgary. Grattan was incorporated in Alberta in and struck from the register in The Financial Post Survey of Canadian Oils shows Grattan Oil Co. There is a photo of Grattan's well at Wainwright in the online database of the Glenbow Archives. According to an internet search, Great Eastern was a supplier of gasoline, probably in Newfoundlane.

It was involved in a Supreme Court case inbut little more was found about them. According to the Alberta Companies list, Great Northern was incorporated in Alberta in and struck from the register of incorporated companies in A notation that the company is struck means it has gone out of business, not merged into another firm.

We found quite a few Great Northern Oil companies.

Apparently out of business. According to the Companies list our researcher has, Great West was incorporated in Alberta in and it amalgamated with another firm in Unfortunately the list does not indicate which firm it merged with. The Financial Post Survey of Predecessor and Defunct Companies does not list Great West.

Great West Oils was incorporated federally in Library and Archives Canada in Ottawa may have the corporations branch files, and perhaps could provide further information. In the Financial Post Survey of Oils it says the company is inactive and it is gone from the directory in Great West Refining Company, Limited was a federally-incorporated firm.

Library and Archives Canada in Ottawa appears to have a file - click link. The Provincial Archives or corporate registry in Saskatchewan should be able to provide more information.

We searched several data sources and have been unable to locate this company. It may have been a private concern, in which case it would not have been listed among public companies. We checked the Financial Post Survey of Oils forand The firm was federally incorporated in with headquarters in Toronto.

Gulf Canada Resources Limited was incorporated in as the British American Oil Company Limited BA. In Gulf Oil Corp. The name, Gulf Canada Ltd. Gulf Canada was then taken over by ConocoPhillips Canada in The Alberta Companies list shows that this firm was incorporated in and struck from the register in According to the Alberta Companies list and the Financial Post Survey of Predecessor and Defunct CompaniesHargal Oils was incorporated in Alberta in and was struck off the register in It was acquired by Freehold Gas and Oil in The name was changed to Westgrowth Petroleums Ltd.

The company was acquired by Ulster Petroleums Ltd in November From checking the internet it looks like Ulster was purchased by Anderson in Anderson Exploration was purchased by Devon Energy Corp. Hartford Oil was incorporated in Alberta in and struck from the corporate register in Financial Post survey of predecessor and defunct companies says Harvard Uranium Mines was incorporated in Ontario in and dissolved in Incorporated in Alberta in November Herron-Elder was established by Turner Valley pioneer Stewart Herron in and merged into his firm Alberta Petroleum Consolidated.

It was struck off in The Financial Post Survey of Oils refers to a Highland Oil Co. At that time it was in the index but footnoted as "wound up; charter surrendered; stated to be dead. Hudson Oil Company of Canada Ltd. It was not incorporated in Alberta but may be in another province or federally. It does not appear in the oil and gas directories for the s and s that we have access to. In HBOG was sold to Dome Petroleum. The company had large holdings west of Olds, Alberta, and was financed largely by British capital.

More information is available in this article - Campbell Murray Hunter by Aubrey Kerr in the CSEG Recorder of April The Illinois-Alberta Oil Company was established in Alberta inbacked by a group of investors, mostly located in Granite City, Illinois.

The firm bought one of the early Turner Valley companies — North Western Pacific and brought in their first successful well in The company also built a small processing plant for their gas.

Several other wells were drilled in the late s but the company was inactive by the early s, and was struck off the Alberta incorporation list in Previously Wellington Oil and Gas Company LimitedIbex Oil Limited changed its name in July to Dalier Resources Limited basis 1 new for 3 old shares.

On October 25,Dalier changed its name to Vescan Equities Inc. On October 4,Inouye Technologies was dissolved. According to the Financial Post Survey of OilsInterior Oil Company Limited was incorporated federally in with headquarters in Winnipeg and wells in the Wainwright field.

By the edition of the Financial Post Survey of Oils it is recorded as dead. This company incorporated federally in September According to a stock search done for an estate, the company abandoned activities in June due to a lack of funds, leaving no equity for shareholders.

Invaders Petroleum was incorporated under the laws of the Dominion of Canada. The edition of The Financial Post Survey of Canadian Oils says, "Company - Inactive, charter believed to be still in force. James United Industries Limited was incorporated in Alberta in and struck from the register in Jennings Drilling was incorporated in by Kendall and E. It seems to have operated till some time in the s. It was taken over by Cactus Drilling. According to FP InfomartKeno Oils Ltd.

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The Keystone Oil Company was incorporated in Alberta in and struck off in It did not complete any wells in Alberta and was among the many firms that had short lives in the first Turner Valley boom.

There is no mention of this firm in the Financial Post Survey of Predecessor and Defunct Companies and the Alberta Companies list.

Lancer Petroleums was incorporated in Ontario in and its office is listed in the oil directory in the early s at 80 King Street West, Toronto. It disappears from the directories about and the Financial Post Survey of Predecessor and Defunct Companies says it was struck off the Ontario companies registry in The Financial Post Survey of Oils has a short entry on Lea Park but does not show when the company ceased operations.

The Leberta-Redwater Oil Company was incorporated in Toronto, Ontario in February, and dissolved in The directors were Dr. The company held acreage in Bruderheim, Youngstown and Blackfoot. The Leduc Calmar company was incorporated in Alberta in In it changed its name to Liberty Resources Ltd.

A Leduc Calmar shareholder took this research a step farther and reports that "Turbo Resources was purchased by PaynSave which was purchased by Shell".

They were all struck from the register in According to the Alberta companies list the Lettermay company was incorporated in Alberta in and declared defunct in However, the Financial Post Survey of Oils says that it was already inactive by that year. Our inquirer had already traced this company through several acquisitions ending at Sceptre Resources Limited, which was subsequently acquired by Canadian Natural Resources in The ability to exchange Sceptre shares for Canadian Natural Resources ended August 16, See the part on Sceptre at Canadian Natural's shareholder information.

The Lloydbrook Oil Company was incorporated in in Alberta and dissolved in There is no indication in the directories that it is continued in some way. Increditors rejected a proposal to salvage Lochiel Exploration Ltd. Lochiel was struck from the Alberta Corporate Register on May 2, Long Island was incorporated in Alberta in Their name was changed in to Canadian Long Island Petroleums Ltd.

On November 21,ENI S. The Longview Oil Company was incorporated in Alberta in The directors were Robert Wilkinson, James B. Our researcher could not find what happened to it. Preserving history of the petroleum industry in Canada. Last update June 9, What to expect from the PHS What we need from you Share certificates of defunct companies How to research old companies yourself What to do if you find an existing successor company Old companies we have researched What "struck" means What to expect from the PHS People often ask us, "What happened to such-and-such an oil company?

Our research resources primarily relate to old oil and gas companies in Alberta and, to a lesser extent, Canada. We cannot research modern companies nor companies outside of Canada. It may take us a long time before we can get back to you.

We do not promise to reply. We do not guarantee the accuracy of the information below. What we need from you Please provide the full company name and its jurisdiction - from the certificate or its operating location. Share certificates of defunct companies Even if a company no longer exists, the actual share certificates may be of value to collectors. Another place that may be interested in certificates is: Financial Post Survey of Oils Financial Post survey of predecessor and defunct companies Incorporated companies in Alberta For more modern companies and companies in other jurisdictions please check with local archives, libraries, museums, or corporate registries.

Alliance Oils Limited Alliance Oil Company Ltd. Anaconda Oil Company Ltd. British Dominion Oil and Development Corporation Ltd.

Central Leduc Drilling Central Leduc Oil Limited. Del Rio Oils Limited Del Rio Producers Ltd. Lethbridge Petroleum Refineries Ltd.