Report - The Extraction of Oil from Shale
code: LVSAV2010.069
Description
Report, the Extraction of Oil from Shales, typed, 6 pages, unknown author, undated. Report discusses the latest development work and technological advances by the German firm Lurgi, thought to date from c1950? Former property of George Reid
George Reid (1889-1990), 17 Greendykes Road, Broxburn worked at: Oakbank Oil Works, 1908 to 1931, Evaporating Plant & Retort Shift Foreman; Oakbank Oil Works, 1932, Demolition Manager; Hopetoun Oil Works, 1932 to 1943, Relief Foreman & Foreman; Hopetoun Oil Works, 1943 to 1946, Manager; Hayscraig Quarry & Hopetoun Oil Works, 1949 to 1953, Manager & Demolition Manager; Roman Camp Oil Works, 1953 to 1959, Manager & Demolition Manager