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Valued exposure: Oil

A fisherman attends to nets beside oil storage containers

A fisherman attends to nets beside oil storage containers belonging to BP on the coast at Aberdeen, 4 July 1975. On 3 November 1975 the UK's first oil pipeline was formally opened by the Queen. Aberdeen became a major service centre for the North Sea oil industry.

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