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Bnito

Oil company

Bnito (from Russian "Batumskoye Neftepromyshlennoye i Torgovoye Obschestvo", "Батумское нефтепромышленное и торговое общество"), or the Caspian and Black Sea Oil Company, was an oil business founded in 1883 by Alphonse Rothschild of the Rothschild banking family of France.2 It was founded by Alphonse James de Rothschild and Alphonse Meyer de Rothschild.1 It ceased to exist in 1912.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1883Founded1
  • Industryextraction of petroleum1
  • HeadquartersBatumi1

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Bnito (from Russian "Batumskoye Neftepromyshlennoye i Torgovoye Obschestvo", "Батумское нефтепромышленное и торговое общество"), or the Caspian and Black Sea Oil Company, was an oil business founded in 1883 by Alphonse Rothschild of the Rothschild banking family of France.2

The story

Founded by Alphonse James de Rothschild and Alphonse Meyer de Rothschild in 1883.1

Leadership

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Products and brands

  • petroleum

Listed on Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded by Shell1

Timeline

  1. 1912Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1883Founded Founded1

Sources

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