HC Deb 13 March 1958 vol 584 c68W
62. Mr. Teeling

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what reports he has received from the Imperial Government in Malta, or from reliable business sources, as to the possibility of oil being produced in any quantity in Malta in the reasonably near future.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

It is known that the terms of a prospecting licence have now been agreed between the Maltese Government and the British Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd.

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