Catalogue description Department of Energy: Oil Policy (Home) Division and successors: Registered Files (OIL Series)

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Reference: EG 13
Title: Department of Energy: Oil Policy (Home) Division and successors: Registered Files (OIL Series)
Description:

This series contains files of the Oil Policy (Home) Division of the Department of Energy and successor bodies. The records relate to the consideration and development of policy relating to the depletion and disposal of North Sea oil, pricing, lead in petrol, motor fuel rationing, the government's relationship with oil companies, the British National Oil Corporation, Burmah Oil and British Petroleum, taxation and royalties, gas gathering pipelines and the disposal of natural gas liquids, emergency planning, energy legislation and the Working Group on Depletion Policy.

Date: 1973-1989
Arrangement:

The files are arranged in numerical order by file reference.

Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: OIL file series
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Department of Energy, Oil Policy (Home) Division, 1974-1992

Department of Trade and Industry, Oil and Gas Projects and Supplies Office, 1994-2007

Physical description: 307 file(s)
Access conditions: Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 2000 Department of Trade and Industry

Accruals: Series is accruing

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