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Show By-Products From Oil Will Lead TP Hew Developments In Utah; Sure-Seal Corp. Building Plant Oil discoveries in Utah over the past few years have resulted in some significant changes to this area and to the entire state. Utah is substantially stronger economically. The benefits from these oil developments . are continuing. The use of by-products from the crude oil will lead to important new developments that will aid the local areas and the state. A good example is the opening open-ing up of a new wax industry in Utah, to utilize the fabulous waxy crudes that have been found in the Uintah Basin. The Carter Oil Company has wells that deliver a crude that is as much as 47 wax. This is almost unbelieveable because the average wax content in crude oil is about 4 . or 5 percent. per-cent. This Carter crude comes from the earth partially refined, yellow in color instead of the usual black. Careful analysis of this crude shows that it contains Pennsylvania Pennsyl-vania type lubricating oil and distillates. The wax is of the highest quality and unsurpassed for low melting point manufacture. manufac-ture. Of course the waxy crude has created problems. Oilmen are interested in oil,' not wax. But this wax, regarded as the finest in the world, promises to be the raw material from which a strong new industry is going to be created in this state. To refine the wax for manufacture, manu-facture, the Sure-Seal Corporation, Corpora-tion, which is owned and controlled con-trolled by Utah people, is now building a $1,550,000 refinery near Salt Lake City. Contracts have been made with the Carter Oil Company for as much as 1000 barrels of crude per day. The refinery is now more than half completed and will start operating, utilizing the Uintah crude, shortly after the start of the new year. From this amazing crude oil will come wax for a dozen different dif-ferent industries. Sure - Seal makes, or will make, waxes for military use, frozen f0od Dr vation, home canning, the industry, milk industry U industry, medical ' self-service markets, de-f'' ' ing, for recreation and 1 ' other uses. "The field of manufacturing is almost Lf5 ited," according to M E w 1 president of the Sure-Seal r : oration. u'v The Sure-Seal compa v " been manufacturing special ':: es for ten years, freighting of its raw materials from P sylvania, Oklahoma and m' V distant supply points at " gering costs. j( This new supply 0j t wax right in its home backT ' ' seems to be "almost an act ' providence',, reports Mr W- i "Now we have a better " t ? and eliminate the costly fre " charges. We will be able to'l 0 duce production costs more t-' i', one-half and still produce ' wax products because of t better raw materials" he trout. tr-out. M. E. Wallis, president Si Sure-Seal, is the man founded the Hi-Land Milk ' ducers association in Utah p-i pioneered the plan of pac.v " ing milk in paper cartons'" invented a foot-operated n draulic vise and an autor-' fl3! tube-bending machine ' drew high praise from sm- 1 ment officials for the part played in speeding up airpv manufacture in the last He sold out his interest in ; hydraulic machinery mami I turing company to go" invi f wax business. Wallis organs jj Sure-Seal Corporation ten y;i-ago y;i-ago and has developed it to 7-1 98 present size and stature. "The discovery of this w 1 5 derful new wax is the gre;:: jt! thing that ever happened c me," reports Mr. Wallis. 'If j ft it we hope to make Utah u outstanding center of wax el pi ufacture in America and It) ly believe we can do it." |