THE A.P.O.C MAGAZINE Anglo-Persian Oil Company Ltd., London Volume 1, Number 5, July, 1925.


The magazine contains twelve sections, some of general company interest and other dealing specifically with Persia/Iran and the Persian Gulf. The main article of 19pp describes APOC’s new company headquarters in London The articles of Persia interest are:

Impressions of My Visit to the Anglo-Persian Oil Company in Persia (1pp) by L. C. M. S. Amery (Secretary of State for the Colonies) Sir Sefton Branker’s Flight to Persia and India (6pp) A Patron Saint for Abadan (1pp) Football at Ahwaz (2pp) including a cartoon The Personal Section (2pp) contains many mentions of APOC employees in Persia.

About The Anglo-Persian Oil Company The Anglo-Persian Oil Company (AIOC) was an English company founded in 1908 following the discovery of a large oil field in Masjed Soleiman in Iran.


It was the first company to extract petroleum from Iran. In 1935 APOC was renamed the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (AIOC) and in 1954 it became the British Petroleum Company (BP), one of the antecedents of the modern BP plc.