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Marsden Pt defended

PA Auckland In spite of failing the Treasury’s test of economic viability, the Marsden Point refinery expansion found a defender yesterday in the Minister of Energy, Mr Tizard. He conceded to a Ministerial meeting of the International Energy Agency in Paris that without the refinery New Zealand could expect several years of rela-

tively cheap oil product imports. “But we would be very exposed if yet another oil shock occurred.” Mr Tizard said that, even without such a shock, New Zealand would find' its oil products bill again becoming a heavy burden for a small export-dependent economy as crude production tapered off in some key producing countries.

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Press, 10 July 1985, Page 9

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Marsden Pt defended Press, 10 July 1985, Page 9

Marsden Pt defended Press, 10 July 1985, Page 9