The Petroleum Production Company Nobel Brothers, Limited,or Branobel (short for for cable communications meaning Nobel Brothers in Russian), was an oil company set up by Ludvig and Robert Nobel in Baku, Azerbaijan. Firstly established as a distillery in 1876, it became, during the late 19th century, one of the largest oil companies in the world. History The Nobel Brothers Petroleum Company was an oil-producing company that'd its origins in a distillery, founded by Robert and Ludvig Nobel in Baku… (More on Branobel)