Nafta (oil company)
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Nafta was an oil distribution chain owned by the Soviet Union
but operating abroad.
In the 1920s, a Nafta chain operated in Sweden, before being sold to Gulf Oil
in 1937. In the UK and Belgium a petrol chain was built up in the 1960s, with the British service stations being sold to Q8
in 1987.
It is rumoured that these were used as spy bases during the Cold War
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
but operating abroad.
In the 1920s, a Nafta chain operated in Sweden, before being sold to Gulf Oil
Gulf Oil
Gulf Oil was a major global oil company from the 1900s to the 1980s. The eighth-largest American manufacturing company in 1941 and the ninth-largest in 1979, Gulf Oil was one of the so-called Seven Sisters oil companies...
in 1937. In the UK and Belgium a petrol chain was built up in the 1960s, with the British service stations being sold to Q8
Q8
Q8 is the Kuwait Petroleum CorporationQ8 may also refer to:* Q8 * Quad 8, the Quadraphonic version of Stereo 8* Q , 4th series of Spike Milligan's TV comedy sketch show...
in 1987.
It is rumoured that these were used as spy bases during the Cold War
Cold War
The Cold War was the continuing state from roughly 1946 to 1991 of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition between the Communist World—primarily the Soviet Union and its satellite states and allies—and the powers of the Western world, primarily the United States...