Baytown Briefs (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 06, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, May 23, 1958 Page: 6 of 8
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Baytown Briefs • May 23, 1958
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Refinery
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Repairs and paving were near-
ing completion this week of an
area approximately 14,100 yards
square in the original parking
lot located south of the Main
Office and between San Jacinto
Avenue and Bay town Avenue.
Repairs have consisted of remov-
ing deteriorated sections of pav-
ing and installing an average
one-inch thickness of hot mix as-
phaltic concrete surfacing.
An earlier inspection of this
parking lot had revealed that the
paving in the original parking
area had deteriorated to the ex-
tent that repairs were necessary.
Cracks and holes in the paving
were allowing’ water to enter,
causing the base to soften and
accelerating deterioration. Water
"ponds" had also formed in sev-
eral areas as a result of differen-
tial settlement in the paving.
In making present repairs, the
deteriorated sections of surfacing
were removed and the entire area
niques, and improving the qual-
ity of catalytic cracking prod-
ucts.
Yule is conducting exploratory
research in the field of petro-
chemicals. He is also an expert in
fields of construction, mainte-
nance and operation of mechan-
ical equipment.
Ashby has been engaged in
technical efforts directed toward
more efficient distillation opera-
tions, including technical im-
provements in the fractionation
Now you see it, now you don’t. Aviation Rerun Unit No. 3 becomes conspicuous by its absence as
dismantling operations clear the site where the unit has stood since it was constructed in 1911, on
Humble Street east of No. 5 Boiler House.
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Some of oldest equipment still standing in Refinery will soon
vanish from sight as dismantling crew cuts and batters down
Cracking Coils No. 16 and 17.
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MAN-MADE DRIFTWOOD
A busy beachcomber with a lot of brawn would be in the lumber
business if he could find a bonanza of “driftwood” like this. These
heavy limber piled along the shoreline between No. 1 Dock and the
Outfall Canal didn’t come in on the tide, however. They have just
been delivered there by a contractor furnishing material for repairs
lo the docks. The 6-by-12 inch limbers, some of them 22 feel long,
will be used in repairing the fender systems at Docks Nos. 1 and 2.
They will also be used in replacing broken rubbing timbers at these
two docks. Similar repairs and replacements are scheduled for No. 5
Dock as part of the program for improving Humble’s docking
facilities here.
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R. A. Speed and L. T. Yule
have been promoted to senior re-
search chemical engineers in
Humble’s Research and Develop-
ment. Division, and B. B. Ashby
and J. C. Dickson, to senior
chemical engineers in the Refin-
ery’s Technical Division.
Speed is engaged in research
and development work on the
catalytic cracking process with
emphasis on improving catalytic
cracking correlations, developing
new catalytic cracking tech-
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of the old parking lot sealed with
regular road asphalt made right
here in the Refinery. Then it was
resurfaced w i l h approximately
one-inch thickness of hot as-
phaltic concrete. The thickness of
hot mix was increased where
necessary to provide improved
drainage. Completion of the
work will include painting
stripes to designate parking
areas.
This parking area was first
surfaced in 1945 with a two-inch
thickness of asphaltic concrete.
Only minor maintenance has
been performed during this 13
years of service. The present re-
pairs are estimated to increase
the maintenance free service life
as a parking area for employees’
cars at least five more years. No
immediate work is planned for
some of the paving which has
been added in recent years to
extend the original parking area.
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of aviation products and com-
ponents. He has twice conducted
training programs at the refinery
for technical employees, and is
now on loan to an affiliate com-
pany to conduct its technical
training program.
Dickson is engaged in the ap-
plication of mathematical tech-
niques in studies designed to op-
timize refinery operations; for
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the use of high-speed digital
computers. He is a member of
Society for Industrial and Ap-
plied Mathematics, and is the im-
mediate past-president of South
Texas Section of American So-
ciety for Quality Control.
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A big “ironing” was being finished this week by workmen as
they applied and rolled smooth approximately 14,100 square yards
of new surface on the parking lot area south of the Main Office
and Clock House.
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Two more old units in the Re-
finery were giving way to prog-
ress last week, and were being
dismantled to eliminate mainte-
nance costs and improve the ap-
pearance of the areas in which
they were located.
The two units that will soon
disappear as landmarks in the
Plant are Aviation Rerun Unit
No. 3, and Cracking Coils No.
16 and 17. Of these two, ARRU
No. 3 has had a shorter service
life. Built in 1941, it has been
idle since April, 1957, but has
been on standby status for rerun-
ning light catalytic naphtha as
needed. Standby facilities at
CLEU No. 2 will serve that pur-
pose now.
Dismantling of Cracking
Coils No. 16 and 17, which
started last week also, will re-
move some of the oldest equip-
ment still standing in the Re-
finery. They were built in 1925.
The adjoining units have been
idle since January 1, 1957, and
are no longer needed in Plant
operations.
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Baytown Briefs (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 06, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, May 23, 1958, newspaper, May 23, 1958; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1417659/m1/6/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.