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Castrol Technology Centre

Overview

native name	BP Pangbourne, Pangbourne Technology Centre
former names	Bozedown House
alternate names	Castrol Global Technology Centre, BP Technology Centre, Castrol Research Laboratories‡R1R‡
pushpin map	United Kingdom Oxfordshire
altitude	130 m
building type	Chemical Research Centre
address	Whitchurch Hill, Oxfordshire, RG8 7QR
client	Castrol
owner	BP/Castrol Ltd
current tenants	500 staff
landlord	BP UK
coordinates	51.5°N, -1.081°W
completion date	1907
other dimensions	36 acres (14.6 ha)
floor count	3

The Castrol Technology Centre is a research institute owned by BP in South Oxfordshire, north of Whitchurch-on-Thames.

History

Castrol

Castrol was founded by C.C.Wakefield in 1899, making lubricants (Wakefield lubricator) for railways.

The research site is based at Bozedown House, a former private residence originally built by William Fanning c.1870 and then rebuilt by Charles Palmer in 1907 [2] after the original house was destroyed by fire. It became a chemical research site in the 1950s and was purchased by Castrol in 1976.

In 1993 it won the Queen's Award for Technological Achievement for its Castrol Marine Cyltech 80.[3] Castrol employs around 7,000 staff worldwide. Castrol was bought by BP in 2000.[4]

Castrol Technology Centre

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Castrol

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