1.
LV TWO EGYPTIAN OIL TANKERS UNLOAD AT BP OIL REFINERY (2 SHOTS)
0.11

2.
CU HULL ON 'ALSAD ALAALY' UNLOADING
0.16

3.
CU EGYPTIAN FLAGS (2 SHOTS)
0.20

4.
GV DECK OF TANKER
0.22

5.
SV PAN..OIL PIPES LEADING FROM TANKER (2 SHOTS)
0.33

6.
CU BP SUPERVISOR LOOKS ON
0.35

7.
CU SIGN 'B.P. REFINERY BOARD'
0.38

8.
CU PIPELINE TILT UP TO REFINERY
0.46

9.
GV REFINERY
0.49



Initials RM/V/BOB/ES



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Background: EGYPTIAN TANKERS HAVE BEGUN UNLOADING CRUDE OIL AT THE ADEN REFINERY OF BRITISH PETROLEUM, WHICH HAS AGREED TO REFINE 200,000 TONS A MONTH FOR EGYPT FOLLOWING THE DESTRUCTION OF ABOUT 80 PER CENT OF EGYPT'S PRODUCTION FACILITIES LAST MONTH BY ISRAELI SHELLING.

THE FIRST TWO EGYPTIAN TANKERS ARRIVED ON WEDNESDAY. EGYPT'S MAIN NASR REFINERY, AT PORT SUEZ WAS ALMOST TOTALLY DESTROYED BY THE ISRAELI SHELLING. THE DAMAGE AT THE REFINERY IS ESTIMATED AT BETWEEN GBP15,000,000 AND GBP20,000,000 STERLING. BRITISH PETROLEUM IS A PRIVATE COMPANY WITH THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT AS THE MAJOR SHAREHOLDER.