| Company type | Non-governmental organization |
|---|---|
| Industry | Oil and Petroleum |
| Predecessor | Oil Board |
| Founded | September 1939 |
| Defunct | 30 June 1948 |
| Fate | War-time organization: dissolved after the Second World War |
| Successor | United Kingdom Petroleum Advisory Committee Oil Industry Advisory Council |
| Headquarters | Shell Mex House, Strand, London |
Area served | United Kingdom |
Key people | see text |
| Services | Coordination of petroleum supplies |
The Petroleum Board was a non-governmental organisation, established at the outbreak of World War II, to coordinate wartime supplies of petroleum and petroleum products throughout the United Kingdom. It was composed of senior executives of the major oil companies who operated an ‘oil pool’ with distribution controlled by the Board. The board was dissolved in June 1948 nearly three years after hostilities ended.