OIL FROM COAL.
SUCCESS AT HOME.
(British Official Wirelss.) RUGBY, July 30,
The Secretary for Mines (Mr H. F. Crook-shank), in a Parliamentary answer, furnished an interesting statement by Imperial Chemical Industries showing the progress which has been made in the extraction of oil from coal at the Biltingham works. Production began on February 7 this year, and since that date a total quantity of 7,500,000 gallons of petrol has been manufactured. Deliveries to distributors commenced in April, and 6,000.000 gallons have been marketed to date.
The petrol is taken over by oil companies to the specification of their first-grade marketed spirit, and needs no further blending or treatment. The coal required when the plant is in full operation will, including that required for the treatment of creosote and low-temperature tar, amount to well over pOO,OOO tons, representing tlife employment of about 1950 miners. The number of persons now employed on the plant is about 1000, and employment in secondary industries will lie found for a considerable number of people.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 208, 1 August 1935, Page 7
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