(9 Nov 1975) At Dyce near Aberdeen, Her Majesty the Queen presses the button that sends the first North Sea Oil flowing into the Grangemouth Refinery. ® ® It marks the fruition of years of research, technology, hard work and grim determination. ® ® From the Forties Field by under sea pipeline, a marvel itself in engineering, the oil comes ashore at Cruden Bay. It travels then by underground pipes to the BP Refinery at Grangemouth. ® ® To the people of Aberdeen oil has already meant a change in their life style, could it also be the turning point in Britain's economy.

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