(0 L llows like water in its liquid state: But it took more than the natural power of gushers to force developuene oil 160 miles over desert and mountain top; across LOL Fielos rivers and ravines t0 refineries on the Persian Sea In the � board. The first job of the early prospectors after oil had begun to fow was to capture it to lead it to store it. This called for steel, equipment, machinery, brains and brawn from Britain; donkey and camel trains and a vast labour force from Persia; money from investors; courage and hard work from all: They fed MASJID I SULAIMAN on STEEL 1p} Huge steel derricks arose at Masjid-i-Sulaiman and other producing oil- felds; pipe lines grew mile by mile until they reached the coast: Step by step was built the framework of an enterprise which was destined to become one of Britain S greatest national assets the oil felds of Iran the home of BP. Petrol: Today the vast resources of the Anglo-Iranian Betnel Oilfields are supplying Britain and the Empire with a high percentage Of their fuel. New Zealand i8 soon to share in the fruits of British enterprise B.P Petrol: Bps THE BRITISH PETROLEUM ComPAnY 0F NEW ZEALAND LIMITED 1901 ^ 1911 2
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 19, Issue 484, 1 October 1948, Page 11
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