WHANGAREI OIL REFINERY.—In the foreground of this aerial view are the oil jetties, one for the unloading of crude oil and one for the unloading of products. At a rate of about 6700 tons an hour, crude oil will be discharged by a ship’s pump through a 26in pipeline to the large storage tanks on the right of the picture. From them it will pass through the installation, crowned by its 329 ft chimney, into the products tanks on the left. The smoke is from the flare, a continuous flame characteristic of all oil refineries. It enables vapours to be discharged rapidly if processing should have to be stopped suddenly. The two tanks nearest the jetty will help to keep the oceans free from oil pollution; tanker captains will be encouraged to dump ballast in them instead of in the open sea.

Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30453, 29 May 1964, Page 10

WHANGAREI OIL REFINERY.—In the foreground of this aerial view are the oil jetties, one for the unloading of crude oil and one for the unloading of products. At a rate of about 6700 tons an hour, crude oil will be discharged by a ship’s pump through a 26in pipeline to the large storage tanks on the right of the picture. From them it will pass through the installation, crowned by its 329 ft chimney, into the products tanks on the left. The smoke is from the flare, a continuous flame characteristic of all oil refineries. It enables vapours to be discharged rapidly if processing should have to be stopped suddenly. The two tanks nearest the jetty will help to keep the oceans free from oil pollution; tanker captains will be encouraged to dump ballast in them instead of in the open sea.