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Rooke was appointed chairman of the
British Gas Corporation in 1976. He was involved in several controversies. The Gas Council had formed a consortium to search for, and produce, offshore gas. At the same time, it was responsible for buying gas produced by other companies. The companies insisted on a
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market value approach to prices whereas the Gas
Council purchased, more cheaply, gas priced on cost. The incoming Conservative government in 1979 wished to reform the nationalised industries. The government insisted that British Gas divest itself of oil exploration and production interests.
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from the North Sea to domestic, commercial and industrial premises across
Britain. This entailed the conversion of all gas appliance and the construction of a network of high pressure pipelines. He claimed this was "perhaps the biggest peacetime operation in the nation's history".
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University College which he was awarded in 1949. He married Elizabeth Brenda Evans (1922-2017?) on 22 January 1949 in Deptford, London.She was an investigator providing research services, and they had a daughter, Diana.
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in 1966 as the member for production and supplies, with responsibility for developing gas fields. His greatest achievement was to help to bring
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in 1957 to work on reforming processes for producing town gas from natural gas and oil. He also worked on
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Rooke, Denis (August 1967). "Natural gas and gas-making processes".
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