A photographic print of Industry, Fuel & Power, Oil & Petrol - Oil Refineries - Belfast

£8 MILLION OIL REFINERY PLANNED FOR BELFAST 10.11.1960. AN ARTIST'S IMPRESSION OF HOW THE £8 MILLION OIL REFINERY PLANNED FOR BELFAST WILL LOOK WHEN COMPLETED. THE SITE IS ON RECLAIMED LAND TO THE NORTH-EAST OF THE EXISTING OIL STORAGE INSTALLATIONS IN THE MUSGRAVE CHANNEL OF BELFAST HARBOUR, AND IN THE TOP LEFT THE SHIPWARDS OF HARLAND AND WOLF CAN BE SEEN. THE REFINERY, WHICH IS TO BE BUILT FOR THE BRITISH PETROLEUM COMPANY LTD., WILL HAVE AN INITIAL CAPACITY FOR HANDLING 1,300,000 TONS OF CRUDE OIL ANNUALLY, AND THE REFINED PRODUCTS WILL BE MARKETED IN NORTHERN IRELAND AND SOME EXPORT MARKETS. WORK IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SOMETIME NEXT YEAR AND THE REFINERY, THE FIRST IN NORTHERN IRELAND, SHOULD TAKE ABOUT TWO YEARS TO COMPLETE.