§ Sir Bernard Braineasked the Secretary of State for Energy what is the total oil refinery capacity of the United Kingdom; and how much of this is under-utilised at present.
§ Mr. BennThe total crude oil distillation capacity of refineries in the United Kingdom is currently 142 million tonnes In 1977, only 92 million tonnes of crude oil was refined in the United Kingdom, that is, about 65 per cent. of the gross capacity.