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Ministry of Fuel and Power, Petroleum Division, and Predecessors: Miscellaneous Oil...
These files, including papers of the pre-war Petroleum Department of the Board of Trade, of the Petroleum Division of the Ministry of Fuel and Power, are records of the Oil Control Board and Tanker Tonnage Committee.
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1920-1946
- Reference
- POWE 34
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Board of Trade, Industries and Manufactures Department and Predecessors: Gas Referees'...
Minute books used by Metroplitan Gas referees.
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1872-1938
- Reference
- POWE 31
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Ministry of Fuel and Power, Petroleum Warfare Department and Predecessor:Petroleum...
The Petroleum Warfare Department was set up in 1940 to develop new war weapons and devices making use of petroleum.These are unregistered files which contain information relating to schemes developed to utilize petroleum for wartime purposes, includi…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1940-1946
- Reference
- POWE 45
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Commonwealth Office: Economic General Department and Commonwealth Trade Department:...
This series contains records of the Economic General Department of the Commonwealth Office and its successor, the Commonwealth Trade Department, dealing with general questions of Commonwealth trade and economics, including the sterling area, the bala…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1966-1968
- Reference
- FCO 22
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War Cabinet and Cabinet: Deputy Chiefs of Staff Committee and Sub- committees: Minutes...
This series consists of minutes and papers of the Deputy Chiefs of Staff Committee and its various sub-committees, covering a variety of subjects such active air defence, inter-service training, vulnerable points, defence services, police forces, ato…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1939-1947
- Reference
- CAB 82
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War Cabinet and Cabinet Office: Lord Hankey: Papers
This series consists of correspondence and papers accumulated by Lord Hankey during his career in public service which ended in 1942, although two files extend past this date.The papers include memoranda and reports (largely prepared by Hankey) prepa…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1908-1944
- Reference
- CAB 63
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Commodities and Oil Department and successors: Registered...
This series contains records of the Commodities and Oil Department and its successors, the Commodities Department and the Oil Department. The records deal with international agreements, trade and supplies of oil, gas, strategic metals (particularly a…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1968-1973
- Reference
- FCO 67
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Records of the Office of Gas Supply (OFGAS)
Records of the Office of Gas Supply (OFGAS) relating to the regulation of the gas supply industry from 1986.Annual reports are in FA 1
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1986-1992
- Reference
- FA
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Committee of Imperial Defence: Oil Board: Minutes and Memoranda
This series consists of the minutes and memoranda of the Oil Board and of its various sub-committees.Topics covered by the Oil Board and by the Oil Board's sub-committees include civil and military requirements for oil, oil requirements in time of wa…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1925-1939
- Reference
- CAB 50
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Industrial Training Boards
These records consist of the papers of the following Industrial Training Boards (ITBs), and of their various working parties and committees: the Gas Industry ITB; the Ceramics, Glass and Mineral Products ITB; the Knitting, Lace and Net ITB; the Print…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1965-1983
- Reference
- LAB 51
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National Coal Board and British Coal Corporation: International Department and successors:...
Correspondence, minutes and reports relating to all aspects of the International Department's work, including international co-operation, energy policy, European Coal and Steel Community, overseas sales and finance.
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1949-1995
- Reference
- COAL 95
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Department of Energy: Electricity Division; Registered Files (B series)
A significant number of the files in the series contain information on important issues such as emergency fuel policy, energy needs, endurance and obligation, and preparations for the 1984 miners' and other strikes, privatisation, appointments to var…
- Held by
- Date
- 1976-1993
- Reference
- EG 24
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Department of Energy: Petroleum Engineering Division and successor: Registered Files...
The series contains records relating to the development of various oilfields.
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1975-1997
- Reference
- EG 22
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Piper Alpha Public Inquiry: Records
This series contains the records of the public inquiry, chaired by The Hon Lord Cullen between 11 November 1988 and 15 February 1990, into the accident on the Piper Alpha offshore drilling platform.The records comprise: the transcript of the proceedi…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1971-1990
- Reference
- EG 5
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Ministry of Munitions, Trench Warfare and Chemical Warfare Departments, and War Office,...
Reports, minutes of committees, and papers largely of the Chemical Warfare Department of the Ministry of Munitions, with a few later papers of the War Office, connected mainly with the development, manufacture and use of poison gases by Britain and h…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1905-1967
- Reference
- WO 142
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Ministry of Power and successors: Petroleum Division and successors: Registered Files...
Registered files of the PET series, which appears to have been opened in 1965 or 1966 to serve the whole of the Petroleum Division. This series succeeded the P, PD (which related to the Division's overseas responsibilities) and PE (the Division's dom…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1981-2000
- Reference
- POWE 63
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Board of Trade and successors: Overseas Projects Group: Registered Files (OPG Series)
The files in this series are concerned with the establishment of the Board of Trade and its successors and organisation of the Overseas Projects Group (OPG). The files relate to OPG's remit to explore the export potential of various products and to p…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1964-1985
- Reference
- BT 343
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Explosion at Buncefield Oil Storage Depot Website
This series contains dated gathered versions (or 'snapshots') of the Explosion at Buncefield Oil Storage Depot website. [Please note: These records may be accessed via the UK Government Web Archive].
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- From 2010
- Reference
- EF 24
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Ministry of Power and predecessors: Accountant General's Division: Briefs for Accounting...
This series contains annual account briefs for the Accounting Officer's appearance before the Public Accounts Committee. The briefs cover the expenditure of the Ministry of Fuel and Power and the Ministry of Power under registration relating to natio…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1941-1968
- Reference
- POWE 71
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Records of the National Gas Turbine Establishment and predecessors
Records of the National Gas Turbine Establishment and its predecessor companies Power Jets Ltd (set up by Frank Whittle) and Power Jets (Research and Development) Ltd relating to research into jet engines.Comprises reports, AVIA 28, registered files,…
- Held by
- Date
- 1938-1983
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