OIL IN AUSTRALIA

Evening Post, Issue 36, 12 February 1935, Page 12

OIL IN AUSTRALIA

MOTOR SPIRIT FROM SHALE

, Commonwealth Oil Refineries, Ltd Australia, ju a lcttet read at a lueeti'ii" of the; Sydney City Council, described steps which the- company, is taking to .produce motor spirit m . Australia. The lfittcr, which pressed the company's claims ior consideration by tho City Council, w.hen. tenders for, oil supplies were being considered, said that as a result of fe + vJSis ;bT'■■■?,"•■ Oha Cadmai. chairman of the Anglo-Persian Oil Co., Ltd which was a partner with the Commonwealth Government m Commonwealth Oil Ee|hnenes, two Scottish shale experts were making investigations of the Vhale deposits m conjunction with special Commonwealth officers, to advise the CommZ wealth. Government on the prospTS oi prpducmg locarsupplies.,pf oil, particularly ... for 'defence purposes. ■ In addition Commonwealth Oil> Refineries had under! taken, ; at -its: own expense, to conduct. an intensive, search-,for; indigenous- oil in Australia, and for. this purpose was bringing .out to.Australiaan experienced petroleum geologist;; who would work in conjunction, with :a.n .expert advisory commitI m,"^ >; had alFeady been appointed J-kes.B facts, said ■ the: .'company, should excite;,thevihterest\of.-. any, public body giving.: support: to; this enterprise. The company had also taken' over, for blendm g] purposes, the_whole of the Broken Bill.-Proprietary Company's output 'of benzol, which was. at Vpresent, the only motor , spirit1, wholly produced in Australia. ■■■ ■- ; ;-■ ■■ ■• , ,■-.'. . . ' . R. Crichton, managing director of Scottish.OH (SVle), Ltd., gand 4H r: •J. Gonachcr, manager of ,the company, the .experts, on, shale ■ oil, production, who "m^te4"?tr^:- aS f*e instigation ;of bir,John.:;Cadman,; conferred in Sydney with members;of the Newnes" investigation committee, .and "discussed, certain aspects of: their inquiries- They returned to .Newnes,:and,-after' making a detailed examination of the -works and mines there, tliey' will visit:■ Tasmani- to investigate the'shale deposits there. ' . .-■