Thornycrofts for Oilfields
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TWO 50-gal. fuel tanks which will enable the vehicles to make a round trip of 700 miles without refuelling are to be provided on a number of Nubian 6 x 6 chassis which Petroleum Development (Oman), Ltd., have ordered from Transport Equipment (Thornyeroft), Ltd, These chassis will also be equipped with metal cabs, the roof, back and sides of which will have reinforced glass-fibre insulation &wit to the waist line. A number will also be supplied with Anthony Hoist end-tipping bodies.
Nubian 6 x 6 vehicles are also to be delivered to the Iraq Petroleum Co., Ltd. Some will be equipped with 1.000-gal. tanks, some with stake-sided bodies and others with Failing 150-deg. drilling rigs.
The Petroleum Development Co., Ltd., on the Trucial Coast, are also to take a number of Thornycroft Nubians. whilst the Mosul Petroleum Co., Ltd., have contracted for Trusty models, and the Qatar Petroleum Co., Ltd., for additional Big Ben tractors, Trusty 4 x 2 chassis and Nubian 6 x 6 chassis with insulated cabs.