Manila, June 25.
The Richmond Petroleum Company, which is drilling for oil im the Bondoe peninsula in southern Luzon, has submitted to the insular government a proposal to establish a refinery here, where refined petroleum may be supplied to the army, the navy, the Shipping Board, and the Philippine government.
If this proposal is adopted, the present law will have to be amended, the provision now being, that the aforementioned bodies preference only in the purchase of crude petroleum.
The Richmond Company is ranch of the Standard Oil organization. It is employing more than 20 American engineers and large crew in the drilling operations in southern Luzon.—Reuter.
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