Show sf i q rs t rt I. I I t t. t r rf t r r 1 yI ll J f 0 ti 1 J I 1 t k I b t. t 1 ii J JM J M f. f j t 1 f Derr w Bee ine Refinery Expanding Fai The approximately two mil nail million million lion plus dollar expansion operation operation op op- cration of the Beeline Refinery Refinery ery cry in m North Salt Lake 33 W W. Center Cudahy Lane will begin begin begin be be- gin partial production starting starting starting start start- ing Sept 1 ACCORDING to Jack Redd chief engineer of the Beeline I d division vision of the Frontier Refining Refining ing Company the new additions addi add tons will include a catalytic cracking unit an unit and gas recovery recover unit Also new is a large modern laboratory covering 1800 sq feet There are also miles of new pipeline and new storage tanks for the many different oil and gasoline components This This' new addition to the North Salt Lake plant will increase in in- increase crease their operations over barrels of crude oil per dOl day Their present daily processing processing pro pro- capacity is GOOD barrels barrels bar bar- making a total potential capacity of barrels per day TilE THE NEW catalytic cracking cracking cracking crack crack- ing unit started last February February ary will be ready for operations opera opera- operations by the middle of Septem Septem- September ber bel Mr Redd explained This huge unit resembles a giant spider web of thousands of feet feel of pipe l line ne The spectacular spec showpiece ce of this operation operation operation op op- is the new foot high structure which serves as part of the catalytic cracking cracking cracking crack crack- ing unit Here in the second phase of gas and oil production tion lion the actual cracking of the fuel oils takes place The new gas recovery unit system and unit feature at al the Beeline plant will enable the lie oil company to convert the light waste gases into high grade gasoline HOWARD Gagon assistant manager of or refining reports 1 I I that the new laboratory started started started start start- ed March of or this year will be ready to start starl testing lesting oil am and gasoline samples by the first of or September This new building building build build- ing will include offices am and storage quarters as well as three large rooms devoted to the different types of testing lesting The laboratory will make I continuous test 24 hours aday a aI aday day of f samples taken from fron I the production lines Some o othe of the various tests made will beto be beto beto to test the octane rating of the gasoline Using their new dis dis- distillation ti tion apparatus they test tes the boiling point of all their products oil oil gas diesel fuel etc elc to determine its ils quality All AU this continuous testing i ilo is isto isto to lo assure the best besl quality in their production says Mr 11 Gagon CRUDE OIL for the plants plant's operations is drawn by pipeline pipeline pipe pipe- line from wells in southwest southwest- southwestern ern Wyoming and northwestern northwest northwest- ern Colorado Products of th the nee Beeline ine plant will include high hig grade gasoline jet fuel liquid petroleum gas and fuel oils as well as ful fully y refined paraffin paraC- paraC fin wax and lubricating oils a athe atthe at atthe the W Woods CrosS plant Major 1 consumption of all al these products will be throughout through through- out the major western states slates Mr 1 Gagon reported that thai th the company will double the employment employment em em- in the refining units The original North Salt Sal Lake Beeline plant began operations op op- orations in May Iny of 1948 r rw |