§ Mr. Skeetasked the Secretary of State for Energy whether he is prepared to authorise the construction of a refinery by the Occidental Petroleum Group at Canvey Island on the Thames Estuary under Part IV of the Petroleum and Submarine Pipe-lines Act 1975; and for what capacity.
§ Dr. J. Dickson MabonMy Department has received no application from Occidental Petroleum for such an authorisation. The company already has planning permission for a 6 million ton per annum refinery on the site, which predates the passing of the Petroleum and Submarine Pipe-Lines Act, and for which no authorisation is therefore required.
§ Mr. Skeetasked the Secretary of State for Energy whether he is prepared to authorise the construction of a refinery by Cromarty Petroleum at Nigg, Easter Ross under Part IV of the Petroleum and Submarine Pipe-lines Act 1975; and for what capacity.
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§ Dr. J. Dickson MabonThe planning application for this project was made before 6th December 1974, the date on which the then Secretary of State for Energy announced his intention to seek the new control, and no authorisation is therefore required under the terms of the Act.