Kingsbury Oil Terminal

Kingsbury Oil Terminal

Kingsbury Oil Terminal is an oil storage depot located to the northeast of the village of Kingsbury, Warwickshire. It was opened in the late 1960s and serves the Midlands region. It is the largest oil storage depot in the United Kingdom. [cite news|url= http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/mail/news/tm_objectid=16476163&method=full&siteid=50002&headline=we-couldn-t-cope-with-oil-fire-here--name_page.html|title= We couldn't cope with oil fire here|date= 12 December 2005|accessdate= 2008-07-15|publisher= Birmingham Mail]

In August 2006 the terminal was targeted by terrorists as part of a terror plot involving several sites across the country. [cite news|url= http://www.birminghampost.net/news/newsaggregator/2008/04/04/alleged-terrorists-researched-kingsbury-oil-terminal-65233-20721388/|title= Alleged terrorists researched Kingsbury oil terminal|date= 4 April 2008|accessdate= 2008-07-15|publisher= Birmingham Post]

References

External links

* [http://www.zettai.net/find/warwickshire/oil-fuel-distributors/ Oil fuel distributors in Warwickshire]


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