Show standard j oil has new ew gas AN INTERVIEW with E D thomp son general sales manager re tail standard oil company of new gasoline Q what are some of tse te proper ties of the new w kiich aich make them so exceptional among modern motor fuels A there are three plas q lali ollile tica in our new fuels which combine to make them unsurpassed among gas olmes first is increased mcrea sed power new ultramodern refinery installations used to improve gas recently completed have enabled ed quality especially from the octane standpoint we now have with the highest octane in chevron history this new power provides I 1 faster smoother getaway in city traffic extra passing power and ping free performance for today s high er compression engines second exclusive detergent act ion lon this vitally important and pr oien feature cleans to end the biggest cause of engine sta fling giving our a big edge over competition and third balanced performance our new fuels combine all the gas oline factors required by modern power hungry automobiles supreme I 1 fills the bill for higher compression C cars ars and chevron for lower corn com 0 you spoke of new refinery in sta stal lations what is the nature of th ese improved ng ing fac i ties and where are they located A some time ago the company inaugurated a 50 program to upgrade gasoline quality last june two platinum catalytic re formers were completed at our rich ri ch mond and el segundo refineries these plants are completely new and unique designed exclusively for us they are the newest and finest gasoline refining facilities in the world these Itra modern reformers using platinum and other catalysts actually rearrange gasoline mole cules to produce cleaner more po gerful fuels two other catalic re formers of lesser capacity are un der construction at refineries oper abed by standard in er 13 C and el paso additional processing facilities also have been authorized at the salt lake refinery Q it is these catalytic reforming units then that make the superior new possible can you give a fw details of how they function A of course the actual reforming process is highly technical and I 1 tamly can t qualify as an expert in this field however the following facts developed by engineers of calif orma Re corporation who designed the units maybe of inter est these knits employ the latest in modern catalytic treatment and for the first time give us a catalytic process for re the sulphur content of gas olmes to a very low level |