ECONOMIC INFORMATION: TANGKU BRANCH OF SHELL OIL PETROLEUM COMPANY, HOPED

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R000200430004-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 21, 1998
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: January 3, 1947
• Content Type: IR

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(;0Utj'T,fjY China
E TIRAL INTEELLIGENCE
INTELLIGENCE RI;PO
SUBJECT ' onor : c Informat wore Tax ku Branch of She] 1 Oil
- Pet ro1mm Coa a , Fk pei
ORIGIN
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Dac.~ u*~c1ti The Sbeil W.1 Petroleum Company y of China, locally t^T ~ti cally ! s ~:r own as ii~.~,alt.
"op,i-3awj of China, 3_s a British concern which 4wa~,- formerly kno c e the J : ta.O
Pat,; c.t.Uh.."n e?omp .n?{m I t as been ep atin~ a etorm,,,c sAr(l _? 'G2' `t uti f pien~, at
Tan,-;1cu, North China for many years.
Products Handled
At the nr? sent 1:i.rxc }rracticaily the er,tiro r)!;ahlt 5'i , used in hared.:ir;
krosene. There ht,,s been 'Jn ;r one shi'`ULf,nt of Peatr?ol deli'aie.ret year
and none 1.s EJd pfeetf3GS Ta the near futur'ea,
b0 Thr'ee ships with case oil 'rl?.tv'e been received since I January 1 1 ra0
it Ec :aspmet~ a and .a tor ~;e Capaci ty
a.) The plant equiFmment iv in very poor condition b cause it :S,3 not
l: br'icate;d or properly repaired r.,' 1c under Japanese o pere.tion,.
a; n There e arc to "va- ,c-y story a tanks of iy000 tons capacity each and
two sett1.in.; tanks with a capacity of 100 and 2W tons rc ;:'eot;ivcly0
.Kerosene and of are stored in steel drucis purC ha soda :zror:h the U.S.
1.fxaahea,,. There are sufficient ones TEfi other 'at1,.11tics in "pair
e "Serwllirr.4; conoi ti! on to serve the a Iove franks ,
There is one dock cas 3:.ab1Q of r. ceoacciv~t,zra ; one tanker cur eying tip to
15.=)O0 term.~ which j q the usual size of shipments received" Dapth of
water at low tide is 13 feet at this dock:, ~he:re ore three pontorsrhs`
in ;_,ood condition connected with the dock. 4pprc:xirriatel r 24 hours are
r^equi.red to dischar;ae a 1 F,000 tors tanker t,
d u Present s ore
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[] DECLAS
c epaci ty is 2,000 British lon ; tons r al-, 60 decrees
'"evi ous s cra e capacity was 2`,,r;00 sister tons in 8
tanks :rind three settli n: tanks.
turnover per month is 2,000 tons of korosAQWCFU
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It`.) After the kerosene is poured into steel drums it is shipped to the
Tuft ryf.t fJ~Vq rt. stomsrs via railtiay.
l.~ Taxes and Customs Duties n Shipments comp, from v i. oue sAreas a, but, ? _ t3 i A
shy s come via Singapore p the +,hinese nc%, anti.-forei ;n srai p pin rules do
not apply to British :nix other f'orei; n-te,;jstterc(i tz,nkers bdfdoh >ri,az fa
to Chi na.,
Labor and Wa"ee x The company es~3; Toys aappro im a4; tc~ men rc T t1kii ai ciaa.: y
eeJr ars ., 10011n i ci. ar s r ice.vo W1
C30.000 to 60
00,C) POX' month Quarters food have never been f urni sshe a to the 1aG11'kcf. 'fi U
.yards and P` lfora ea Consic