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...main obstacle that Phillips and others face is the sea itself. Production of more than 200,000 bbl. per day will probably require a pipeline. The most likely place to run the line would be to Phillips' refinery at Billingham on the English coast, 220 miles away. Phillips now estimates that developing the Ekofisk field will cost around $500 million, including a pipeline. Further drilling may inflate that price, but Phillips and the eight other oil companies eagerly exploring under the North Sea figure the potential is worth the gamble...
...pooling their assets and know-how, the four firms built I.C.I, into an industrial giant by the beginning of World War II, and Britain had most of the chemicals it needed. With the funds and know-how to expand, I.C.I, turned its Billingham plant into the world's biggest chemical complex with 5 square miles of factories spewing out 2,000,000 tons of chemical products a year. Billingham made everything from fertilizers to sulphuric acids, annually turned out 100,000 tons of synthetic high-octane gas from coal and creosote oil. I.C.I.'s alkali division reached bulk...
...Reed (HC); 2, Hamblett (H); 3, Billingham (BU); 4, MacDavitt (HC). Time...
...Gurley (H); 2, Finn (HC); 3, Billingham (BU); 4, Cogan (H). Time...
ROYAL NAVY--Hobson, fb; Buckley, 3/4; Mitchell, 3/4; Harris, 3/4; Geddes, 3/4; Knight, sh; Bell, soh; Kilford, f; Berry, f; Edwards, f; Billingham, f; Howes, f; R. Jones, f; E. Jones, f; Ninkwell...