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Baytown Briefs • August, 1974
Plastics Plant Revisions Completed During Downtime
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Corral Gate Being Converted
To Use Of Contractors Only
At new deashing section of the Plastics Plant arc Shirley Alford and
Perry McCoy, instrument trainees; Chuck Erderly, instrument technician;
and Dan Davis, process technician.
ployees will be able to remain in
their vehicles when entering the
Refinery, but when leaving all a
Contractors’ employees will
continue to use the East Parking
Lot, just outside the new gate.
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except the driver will be required
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Also, Clarke notes, during the
peak end-of-shift period, the gate
will be closed to incoming traffic
for 10 to 15 minutes to allow
Shown at new furnace are Mike Stanley, process technician; Roy Rendon,
mechanical trainee, and Leon Crawford, mechanical craftsman.
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In Base Plant control room arc Louis Broussard, project team head;
Jack Lawrence, a team member; and Robert Franks, process technician.
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for modifying the existing equip-
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Plastics Mechanical Shop July
29, he congratulated mechanical
and operating personnel for both
their work performances and
safety in bringing the modified
facilities on stream.
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will be from 6:30 a.m. to 5:30
p.m., Monday through Friday.
Wes Clarke, operating super-
visor for plant security, says the
conversion is being made for two
reasons: 1) to help improve
security in the plants, and 2) to
take some of the load off the
South Gate.
Contractors account for a big
portion of the South Cale traffic
at present.
With contractor traffic in the
Refinery expected to increase
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Louis Broussard, who has ac-
cepted an assignment with Esso-
Bruce Warner, process technician, and Joe Bonem, Technical, study
check out procedures for safety valves atop a piping rack.
5:30 p.m. on week nights, con-
tractors will use the South Gale,
unless special arrangements arc
made.
Contractors’ employees on jobs
in the Chemical Plant will con-
tinue to use the West and Chem-
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“This was one of the best or-
ganized shutdowns, inspection
and repair, and start-up opera-
tions we have ever had at the
base plant,” Broussard said.
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no recordable injuries were sus-
tained, and there was only one
first aid case.
“A high degree of skill, dedi-
cation, and safety consciousness
were required to meet all the
challenges you met in this proj-
ect, and I congratulate you on
these high performance levels,”
Broussard said.
shift. Following the conversion,
employees will use only the South
Gate to enter or exit the Refinery
on the south side.
All Refinery contractors, ex-
cluding those working on the
Baytown Fuels Expansion Proj-
ect, who use a special gate on
Park Street, will use the new
Contractors’ Gate. This will in-
clude contractors going to the
dock area. They will enter the
new gate and then go to the
docks via San Jacinto Avenue.
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Beginning in late September, handle the increased load, Clarke
the old Corral Gate site on Bay- says.
town Avenue will be converted The Corral Gale is currently
to a regular gate for use by con- open only 20 minutes a day—
tractors only. The hours of op- from 4-4:20 p.m.—for use by
eration for the Contractors’ Gate employees at the end of the day
Late in July Chemical Plant
Mechanical employees involved
in the recent downtime at the
During the 33-day downtime
of the unit, inspection and re-
pairs were made throughout the
base plant, and modifications to
the unit installed during the first
half of the year were checked out
and lied in.
The modifications to the base
plant made il possible for Plas-
tics operating personnel to ex-
pand production of high purity
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“Within 24 hours after the
modified facilities came back on
stream, the unit was producing
a good, salable product. And in
less than a week after start-up,
production was of prime qual-
ity,” he said.
He also noted that during the
downtime and lie-in, performed
by approximately 75 employees,
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Lee, O. B. Baytown Briefs (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 08, Ed. 1, August 1974, newspaper, August 1974; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1433595/m1/3/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.