HC Deb 31 July 1923 vol 167 c1243
5 and 6. Captain MOREING

asked the President of the Board of Trade (1) how much of the oil imported in this country from Russia during the last two years was produced from wells owned or developed by English capital;

(2) the amount of oil imported into this country from Russia during the last two years; and how much of this oil was shipped from Novorossisk and Batum?

Sir P. LLOYD-GREAME

The imports of petroleum into the United Kingdom, consigned from Russia during the two years 1921 and 1922, amounted to 10,480,601 gallons, of which 9,081,555 gallons were from Batum and none from Novorossisk. I am unable to say how much of the petroleum was produced from wells owned or developed by English capital.