SEARCH FOR SITES FOR BULK OIL STORAGE

Chronicle (Levin), 16 January 1947, Page 4

SEARCH FOR SITES FOR BULK OIL STORAGE

-Press , Asaociation

By Telegravh-

• auckland; Jan. 15. •' -A search' fqr sitos for- bulk oil stor-, age installatidnsi Hn:--' the four. niain centres is to be'eafeied oiit by (jfiicials of the British Petroleum Company of ' New Zealand, Ltd., according to Air. M. B. Fuller, oue of the directors, who arrived by Tasman flyingboat from Sydney after a visit to aq assoeiated company in Australia. Air. Fuller is also manager of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company for Europe and he was aeeoinpanied by his technical adviser (Air. li. J. Hicks). They were met on arrival by another technical adviser of the eompany (Air. P. C. Errev) and by a public relations officer o4f tlie Departaaent of Industries. Questioned about the future plans of the company, Air. Fuller said Jhat an assoeiated company, the British Tanker Company, was fully capable of delivering oil from the Iranian fields as British shipyards were completing one oil tanker every ten days. The construetion of bulk storage depots at Dominion ports would be carried out as far as possible by New Zealand engineers. Work would begin on the construction ' as soon as the sites were seeured, but so far these had not been decided upon. It was essential to seeure sites within a nonvenient distance of wharf facilities in order to save pumping the petroleuni over an uneconomic distance.