§ 43. Mr. Owenasked the Paymaster-General what quantity and variety of oils are being produced from coal at the nearest convenient date; and whether he will make a statement on its future possibility.
§ Sir I. HorobinIn reply to the second part of the Question, I would refer the hon. Member to the Answer which I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for4W Glasgow, Pollok (Mr. George) on 16th April.
The reply to the first part of the Question is that the figures for 1958 are:
Light hydrocarbon oils derived from high-temperature carbonisation and tar distillation:
Approximately 4.0 million gallons of refined hydrocrabon oils were also obtained from low-temperature carbonisation processes. In addition 93 million gallons of creosote oil and 899,000 tons of creosote/pitch mixture were derived from coal.
Million gallons Motor benzole … 42.8 Refined benzole … 34.7 Toluole … 8.5 Xylole … 4.2 Naphthas … 10.4 Total … 100.6