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  • Catalogue level
    Series

    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
  • Catalogue level
    Series

    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
  • Catalogue level
    Series

    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
  • Catalogue level
    Series

    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
  • Catalogue level
    Series

    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
  • Catalogue level
    Series

    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
  • Catalogue level
    Series

    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
  • Catalogue level
    Department

    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
  • Catalogue level
    Series

    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
  • Catalogue level
    Series

    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
  • Catalogue level
    Series

    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
  • Catalogue level
    Series

    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
  • Catalogue level
    Series

    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
  • Catalogue level
    Series

    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
  • Catalogue level
    Series

    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
  • Catalogue level
    Series

    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
  • Catalogue level
    Series

    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
  • Catalogue level
    Series

    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
  • Catalogue level
    Series

    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
  • Catalogue level
    Division

    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
    Reference

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