- Title: RHODESIA: NEW GBP8-MILLION OIL REFINERY SOON TO COME INTO OPERATION.
- Date: 16th February 1965
- Summary: 1. GV REFINERY 0.05 2. LV DITTO 0.09 3. LV PAN..FROM STORAGE TANKS 0.13 4. GV PAN..PLANT 0.19 5. LV TILT UP..CRACKING TOWER 0.24 6. LV SMOKE FROM TOWER 0.28 7. ANGLE V..PLANT 0.31 8. CU TILT UP..FROM COOLING WATER TO PLANT 0.38 9. GV INTERIOR 0.42 10. SV WORKMAN 0.46 11. CU DITTO 0.50 12. CU MAN CHECKING GAUGES 0.53 13. SV MAN TAKING TESTS 0.57 14. CU & LV..MEN CHECKING 1.06 15. CU MAN TESTING 1.11 16. SV MAN AT CONTROLS 1.14 17. ANGLE V..EQUIPMENT 1.18 18. GV REFINERY 1.23 19. GV REFINERY 1.28 Initials JM/S/JH/ES Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 3rd March 1965 12:00
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- Location: UMTALI, RHODESIA
- Country: Zimbabwe
- Reuters ID: LVAEN89K4VQZT3Z4ASS8G7BQEUO7
- Story Text: WHILE RHODESIA'S POLITICAL HORIZON IS FAR FROM CLEAR AT THE MOMENT, THE COUNTRY'S ECONOMIC FUTURE DEVELOPMENT WILL BE GREATLY PROMOTED BY THE NEW GBP8-MILLION OIL REFINERY WHICH WILL BE OPENED WITHIN WEEKS AT UMTALI, ABUT 200-MILES (320-KMS) FROM SALISBURY, ON THE BORDER WITH MOZAMBIQUE.THE MASSIVE PLANT HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO COPE WITH A 'THROUGHPUT' OF APPROXIMATELY ONE MILLION TONS OF CRUDE OIL FROM THE MIDDLE EAST PER YEAR.THE PLANT WILL MEET HE MAIN REQUIREMENTS OF BOTH RHODESIA AND ZAMBIA -- NOT ONLY FOR FUEL OIL, BUT FOR ALL THE OTHER BY-PRODUCTS REFINED FROM CRUDE OIL.
CRUDE OIL WILL BE DELIVERED DIRECT TO THE REFINERY BY PIPELINE, FROM THE PORT OF BEIRA, 180-MILES (288-KMS) AWAY ON THE COAST OF MOZAMBIQUE.THE REFINERY, WHICH HAS BEEN BUILT JOINTLY BY SEVEN OF THE WORLD'S MAJOR OIL COMPANIES, IS ONE OF THE MOST COMPLEX IN AFRICA.DUE TO THE ABSENCE OF A LOCAL MARKET FOR DISPOSING OF THE RESIDUAL OIL AFTER THE PRIMARY REFINING PROCESSES HAVE BEEN CARRIED OUT, ADDITIONAL PROCESSING SYSTEMS HAVE BEEN INCORPORATED TO CONVERT THE PRIMARY RESIDUE INTO FULLY REFINED SALEABLE BY-PRODUCTS.
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