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The Glen Davis Shale Oil Works was a shale oil extraction plant in Glen Davis, New South Wales, Australia which operated from 1940 until 1952 and was the last oil-shale operation in Australia until the Stuart Oil Shale Project in the late 1990s.〔 〕 For the period of 1865–1952, it provided one fifth of the shale oil produced in Australia.〔 〕 ==History== The shale oil industry at Glen Davis was developed for production of shale oil for national defence purposes,〔 〕 although the basis of this project was the 1934 report of the Newnes Investigation Committee, which looked at ways to decrease the number of unemployed miners in the region.〔 The project was operated by National Oil Proprietary Pty. Ltd.,〔 a company created as a special purpose vehicle by G. F. Davis of Davis Gelantine. A public notice in the ''Commonwealth of Australia Gazette'', on 28 May 1936, invited offers for developing the oil industry in the Glen Davis area.〔 The company was established by private interests with financial support from the Commonwealth of Australia and New South Wales governments.〔 Construction of the shale oil works started in 1938 and the plant was commissioned in 1939, with operations starting on 3 January 1940.〔〔 〕〔 〕 During World War II, shale oil produced by the Glen Davis Shale Oil Works was considered to be a strategic resource.〔〔 〕 In 1941, of shale oil were produced.〔 〕 In 1942, under the National Security Act, the government took over the company and in August 1949 acquired the private shareholdings. After expansion in 1946, a shortage of mined shale reduced its output. In December 1950, it was decided to end the project. In 1951, the last full year before closure, it produced only .〔 〕 Government funding ceased in 1952, and Glen Davis was closed on 30 May.〔 〕〔 〕 Although some syndicates had an interest to the facility, no deal was concluded.〔 〕 The closure caused a strike by miners, which ended after 26 days without success when the Australian Council of Trade Unions decided not to support the strike.〔 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Glen Davis Shale Oil Works」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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