Independent Petroleum Supply Company (IPS), a subsidiary of Natomas Company, San Francisco, Calif., announced the establishment of a branch office in London, England, under the direction of John T. Dutfield, IPS' European representative. The office is located at Swan House, 34/35 Queen Street, London, E.C. 4, telephone 01-236-4326.

IPS is engaged primarily in the purchase and sale of crude oil and refined product cargoes for its own account and for the account of others, worldwide marine bunker sales and tanker brokerage. It is also the exclusive sales representative for the West Indies Oil Company's active bunker operation at Antigua, W.I.

IPS and its parent, Natomas, currently have a refinery project under development to be located on the Isle of Man.