HC Deb 21 January 1974 vol 867 c223W
39. Mr. David Price

asked the Minister for Energy what are his latest estimates of the availability of naphtha to the British petrochemical industry ; and what shortfall he anticipates over the next two months.

Mr. Patrick Jenkin

I am examining the prospects for all fuels and I cannot at present predict what the level of availability of naphtha for the petrochemical industry might be in the coming months, but I have no reason to believe that supplies will deteriorate in the near future.

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