Oil: A Study of War-time Policy and Administration

Derek Joseph Payton-Smith

H.M. Stationery Office, 1971 - History - 520 pages

Vol. 1 = pages 1-274; Vol. 2 = pages 275-558. Copies are supplied by TSO's on-demand publishing service

Contents

• OIL AND SECURITY: 1
• ANGLOAMERICAN PARTNERSHIP i Foundations: 24
• Pipelines: 37
• PLANNERS AND PLANS: 39
• Prewar Estimates of War Consumption: 48
• Proposed Oil Supply Programmes of the British Empire: 59
• THE BEGINNING: 77
• United Kingdom Oil Consumption September 1939: 82
• British and French: 106
• THE PRICE OF DEFEAT i Tankers from Europe: 127
• Oil Imports into the United Kingdom by Groups: 129
• Threat of Invasion: 131
• Attack from the: 133
• Diversion and Congestion: 141
• Dollars and Guilders: 150
• INTO THE SECOND WINTER i The West Coast: 155
• Problems of Tanker Management: 158
• Tightening Control: 163
• The Civilian Consumer: 169
• Coal Tar Oils: 172
• Oil Storage: 175
• THE ECONOMY PROGRAMME i The Worst Months: 177
• Motor Fuel Economy: 181
• Heating and Furnace Fuels: 184
• Lubricating Oil and Bitumen: 187
• Home Refining: 190
• HELP FROM OUTSIDE: 195
• Page: 207
• United Kingdom Oil Consumption 1941: 214
• Oil Imports into the United Kingdom by Groups: 221
• Output of Eastern Refineries 193941: 233
• World Tanker Tonnage at 30th June 1939: 243
• Foreign Tanker Tonnage brought under British Control: 245
• A Special Problem: 259
• 100OCTANE SPIRIT i Demand and Supply: 267
• Persian Gulf Production: 270
• United Kingdom Production: 273
• Caribbean Production: 277
• Division of Supplies: 280
• RECOIL i The Western Atlantic 249 257 259 267 270 273 277 280: 283
• Employment of Tankers in British Control and Service: 285
• The End of the Basic Petrol Ration: 288
• Other Measures: 293
• West: 298
• Movements of Petroleum from Gulf to East Coast: 301
• SURVIVAL i Fourth Winter Third Crisis: 305
• Peak of Austerity: 307
• New York: 314
• The Greyhound Convoys: 319
• United Kingdom Oil Imports December 1941May: 322
• Tanker Turnround Times in United Kingdom West: 330
• Priority Paraffin: 336
• EAST OF CAPETOWN i The Far East Early Calculations: 341
• East Gap 325: 343
• Tankers in Eastern Trades February 1942June 1943: 346
• Iraq and Iran: 357
• PART: 361
• BRITISH AND AMERICANS i Towards a Combined Oil Programme: 363
• Towards a Common Tanker Pool: 370
• How Tankers were Distributed: 375
• Tanker Losses and New Building December 1941May: 376
• The Final Yield: 381
• Production of 100Octane Aviation Spirit 194245: 384
• Note on Allied Tanker Building: 389
• THE SHADOW OF OVERLORD: 391
• Consumption of Petroleum in the United Kingdom: 392
• The Growth of Demand ii Supply: 397
• United Kingdom Oil Imports 194344: 399
• Shortfall: 402
• Storage and Transport: 406
• CrossChannel Supply: 410
• PROBLEMS OF PARTNERSHIP i Tankers and Trades: 413
• Tanker Losses and New Building 194445: 414
• A Question of Priorities: 419
• One Slate or Two?: 430
• OVERLORD i New Demands: 433
• Shipment: 435
• Reception: 440
• Oil Movements from the West Coast by Pipeline: 443
• Pluto: 445
• Oil Consumption in the East 194345: 453
• LendLease ii Tankers from the Western Hemisphere iii The Empires Contribution 127: 470
• Production at Sterling Refineries 193944: 481
• 133: 482
• 391: 484
• 147: 486
• Deliveries within the United Kingdom: 487
• 155: 491
• 158: 494
• 167: 495
• 177: 496
• 402: 497
• 410: 498
• 293: 499
• 298: 501
• 430: 503
• 181: 505
• 184: 506
• 435: 507
• 305: 508
• 319: 509
• 445: 511
• 195: 512
• 198: 513
• Recovery 206: 516

Bibliographic information

• Title: Oil: A Study of War-time Policy and Administration; Gt. Brit. History of the Second World War U.K. Civil Series; Volume 1; Volume 25 of History of the Second World War; Volume 16 of History of the Second World War: United Kingdom civil series
• Author: Derek Joseph Payton-Smith
• Publisher: H.M. Stationery Office, 1971
• ISBN: 0116300744, 9780116300744
• Length: 520 pages
• Subjects: History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / European Theater; Technology & Engineering / Petroleum