A photographic print of Industry, Fuel & Power, Oil - Refineries - Isle Of Grain, Kent

PROGRESS ON THE ENGLISH "ABADAM" 1932 The great new oil refinery of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, with a projected capacity of 4,000,000 tons a year, is taking shape. It is due for completion in the summer of next year, but the Crudo Oil Distillation Plant and its necessary auxiliaries are expected to be in commission in a few months. Situated at the Isle of Grain, on the Kent coast, the new refinery will cost £40,000,000, and its output will be about one-sixth of the Abadan refinery. It is being constructed on reclaimed marshland on which a million tons of and from the sea bed off the Nore have book pumped in order to stop the natural sinking of the land, and to prevent the sand drifting, a mixture of grass and clover has been planted. New jetties are under construction to accommodate the largest of tankers, and there will be 160 storage tanks. The picture shows: A view of the new refinery site looking south-east from Cat Cracker, showing combined blow down stack and tanks in the foreground, Crude Distillation Unit (left centre), No.1 Vecuum Unit (right centre), temporary construction offices, canteen, concrete batch plant, etc, centre background. River seen in far distance. Industry - Oil Refineries - Isle of Grain