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A photographic print of Industry, Fuel & Power, Oil & Petrol - Oil Refineries - Milford Haven, Wales

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A photographic print from the Daily Herald Archive folder: Industry » Fuel + Power » Oil + Petrol - Oil Refineries - Milford Haven, Wales.

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  • Title: A photographic print of Industry, Fuel & Power, Oil & Petrol - Oil Refineries - Milford Haven, Wales
  • Date Created: 1957-08
  • Transcript:
    NOT TO BE PUBLISHED BEFORE FRIDAY, AUGUST 9th NEW SUPER TANKER TERMINAL August 1957. An artist's impression of the British Petroleum Company's proposed crude oil tanker terminal at POPTON POINT, on the south shore of Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. The terminal will connect with B.P.'s LLANDARCY Oil Refinery by a 60-mile pipeline capable of carrying five million tons of crude oil per year. The terminal's jetty will have two berths capable of receiving tankers of the super-class. Vessels will discharge their cargoes by means of their own pumps direct into a transfer pipeline connecting with a tank farm 1½ miles away. Only one pumping station electrically operated will be required to pump the crude oil along the pipeline to Llandarey Refinery. INDUSTRY - FUEL + POWER - OIL REFINERY - MILFORD HAVEN, PEMBROKESHIRE.
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  • Rights: © Hulton Archive/Getty Images
  • Maker: Central Press Photos Ltd
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