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A Proud Day
by apeauk
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a~d statements of fact relating to safety area, electrical fittmgs, etc., used here and in the Home Office Codes originate in British Standards Publications These books specify in considerable detail many of th~ terms commonly used and contain in B.S.S. 229 : 1957 some excellent illustrations. 1~ addition the Regulations of the Institute of Electrical Engmeers on electrical wiring is worthy of consideration, as. are a!so some of the excellent trade publications on mmeral msulated cable.
B.S.S. 229 : 1957: Flameproof enclosures of electrical equipment (10/-).
B.S: 12_59 : 1958 : Intrinsically safe electrical apparatus and circuits ( 4/-).
B.S. 4137 : Guide to electrical equipment for Division 2 areas. . ~.P .. 1003: Part ~ : 1964: Choice of flameproof and mtrms1cally safe equipment (10/-). .c:~· 1003 : Part 3 : 1967 : Electrical apparatus in D1v1s10n 2 areas (5/-).
Published with current amendments by the British Standards Institution.
Electrical Safety Code 1965, published by Institute of Petrol.
Regulat!~ns for the. Electrical Equipment of Buildings (14t~ Ed1t10n) published by Institute of Electrical Engmeers.
Power Minister Opens Pipeline
Britain's first loJ?g distance commercial oil pipeline became fully operat10nal on Monday, 24th March, when the Minister of Power, the ~t. Hon. Roy Mason, M.P., pressed two buttons at the Kmgsbury Oil Terminal Complex and activated the flow of petroleum products already in the line between the Thames Estuary and the Mersey.
T. R. Grieve, C.B.E., M.C., who is Chairman of the United Kingdom Oil Pipelines Ltd., as well as ViceChairman and Managing Director of the Shell-Mex & B.P. G~ot!p, ~old the Minister-"This is a proud day for us and 1t is with great pleasure that I pay tribute to those who made it possible for Mobil, Pe.trofin~, Texaco/Regent an~ Shell-Mex & B.P. Ltd., to bnng this enterprise to a satisfactory conclusion". He acknowledged the assistance given by Government
Departmen~s, notably the Ministry of Power, whose understandmg of the many complexities inherent in such a venture and their technical support were of immense help. The encouragement and advice of many local authorities had also been of vital importance. In particular, Mr. Grieve mentioned Warwickshire County Council, Atherstone Rural District Council and Hertfordshire County Council who gave full support to solve the many practical problems which arose.
In all there had been five principal pipeline contractors, all of whom worked with the project team, responsible to the Board of the United Kingdom Oil Pipeline Ltd., for carrying out the work. He thanked them for a job well done.
Mr. Grieve concluded: "Bold and imaginative methods to increase efficiency are essential to combat the everincreasing cost of services and the pressures of competition. The record of price stability in the oil industry is second to none and without their enterprise and purposeful endeavour it would have been impossible for the industry to maintain this record. It is our belief that this pipeline will be a real service to the national economy for a great many years to come".
The Minister of Power thanked Mr. Grieve for inviting him to declare the pipeline open and also for the kind references to his Department. "I would equally wish to compliment U.K.O.P. Ltd., which represents Mobil, Petrofina, Texaco/Regent and Shell-Mex & B.P. Ltd., on their achievements in constructing this line", he added. "It is the longest commercial pipeline so far authorised under the 1962 Pipeline Act and at the touch of a button nearly four million tons per annum of oil products had been set in motion. This annual throughput represented 10 per cent of the total white oils consumed in the United Kingdom". "I understand that capacity can be doubled ~o about eight million tons a year when demand so requires. At that stage the value of the annual throughput would be about £80 million before tax", said Mr. Mason.
The total cost of the project was considerable .. ~or the line itself it was £8.5 million with another £7.5 m1lhon for the terminal costs, making an overall cost of~ 16 milli?n. The companies who came together to bmld the Ime deserved congratulations for pushing it through at a time when capital was not easily available ai:~ was, of c.:ourse, very expensive. It was far-sighted dec1s10ns of ~his sort which would bring basic changes to. our economic ~tn.~cture. Only by modernising will tlus country regam its industrial initiative. "I think the effectiveness of the whole operation and the care with which the land was made good after the pipe layers had passed by can be demonstrated by the fact that crops are now growing again over that land". continued Mr. Mason. He concluded: "'The companies concerned are to be congratulated on taking an enlightened and longsighted decision to develop the line which l have the pleasure to open today. Our economy will surely benefit if more decisions of this kind are taken to invest in progress".