Ampol
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| Industry | Oil and gas |
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| Predecessor | Australian Motorists Petrol Company (1936-1949) Ampol Petroleum Ltd (1949-1982) Ampol Limited (1982-1997) |
| Founded | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (1936) as Australian Motorists Petrol Company Limited |
| Headquarters | Casino, New South Wales, Australia |
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Key people
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Sir William Gaston Walkley, John Christian Waston |
| Products | Petrochemical products and retail service stations |
| Parent | Pioneer International Limited 1988-1997, Caltex Australia Ltd 1997-Present |
| Website | www |
Ampol was a petrol company in Australia.
It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Caltex Australia, registered and based in Singapore. It was first incorporated in 1936 in NSW to market petrol in its chain of service stations. In 1995, Ampol merged with Caltex to make Australian Petroleum Pty Ltd which in 1997 became Caltex Australia Ltd.
Ampol, the Australian Motorists Petrol Company, was incorporated by Sir William Gaston Walkley in 1936 in New South Wales. This was in response to Australians' concerns about perceived inequitable petrol pricing, and allegations of transfer pricing by foreign oil companies to limit their tax liabilities in Australia.
Walkley, along with William Arthur O'Callaghan and George Hutchison, approached the National Roads and Motorists' Association (NRMA) and offered to help them form a company to market petrol. Whilst deciding not to officially sponsor an oil company, members of the NRMA's board sought investors. In early 1936, an advertisement was printed in the NRMA's periodical publicising the float of Ampol. The first delivery of oil was received at White Bay in December 1937 and, by 1939, Walkley had joined the board of Ampol as managing director.
During World War II, Walkley served on the Oil Advisory Committee and the board of Pool Petroleum Pty Ltd, both of which supervised the distribution of petrol. This brought him into contact with Sir George Wales, who owned Alba Petroleum Co. of Australia Ltd which had a small market in South Australia and Tasmania. In 1945, Ampol purchased Alba Petroleum in an amicable takeover.
The company listed on the in 1948 and, in 1949, the company changed its name to Ampol Petroleum Ltd.
1965 saw the Lytton oil refinery in Brisbane, Queensland come on stream. Pioneer International Limited purchased a 20% stake in Ampol in 1979.
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