SOURCES OF OIL SUPPLY,
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Sir H. Dennis Readett-Bayley, managing director of .the Digby Colliery Co., who own some iniportant pits in the neighbourhood of Nottingham, has projected a scheme which, whilst having for its primary purpose the production of •
smokeless fuel by the utilization of waste materials now to a large extent lying derelict in mines, is designed also to he of practical value in developing potential sources.Of supply of crude oil and motor spirit. Although" the idea ts not new, his proposed application of it opens up possibilities of a wide character. Vast quantities of small coal may, it is suggested, be' turned to valuable use by adopting a system of low-temperature carbonization, and it is proposed to Undertake operations in relation to the matter at the company's Gerlling pit, which is situate not far from the Nottingham municipal boundary.
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After a long study of the two pro. blems relative to the conservation of coal and the increase of oil supplies, Sir Dennis Readett-Bayley has arrived at the conclusion that Great Britain can he made independent of ocean-borne oil supplies if means can only be adopted to prevent oil going up chimneys in the form of smoke.
, A plant of the capacity which it is suggested may be laid down in Nottinghamshire capable of dealing with LOCO
tons a day will1 it is estimated, yield not 'only something like 250,000 tons of smokeless fuel a year, but over 7,000,000 gallons of crude oil and over 1,000,000 gallons of motor spirit annually, besides rendering it iossible to supply every year .700,000,t1/ cubic ft. of gas of fine quality. The result of the work to be undertaken at the NOttinglianishira colliery will be awaited with keen interest bydhose concerned in the production of motor spirit.