Baytown Briefs (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 01, Ed. 1 Friday, January 3, 1969 Page: 1 of 4
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Raytown Briefs
No. 1
January 3, 1969
Vol. 17
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Efforts, Skills Of Several Groups
Turn Possible Loss Into A Profit
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ion on December 12, the product
was ready. Twenty-four hours
later—on Friday, December 13—
the vessel left the docks with the
cargo requested.
If any of the groups involved
in getting the product ready had
miscued, however, it would have
been a different story. A sizeable
dead-freight charge could possi-
bly have been levied against the
company, making the operation
a loss instead of a profit.
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CNCO) Baytown Refinery
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In a December happening end- to achieve the right color and vis-
ing Friday the thirteenth, several cosily.
Refinery groups pooled their Then, after the tanks were
skills and efforts to turn a pos- warm enough, Lube Processing
sible sizeable loss into a profit. people had to work with Oil
On Wednesday the eleventh, Movements in getting the right
Coordination people were noti- products pumped into the blend
fied that a Brazilian customer tanks. They hit the specifications
wanted 25,000 barrels of Solvent right on the nose.
750 Neutral. This was not so un- During the period, Technical’s
usual—except that there wasn’t Coordination employees followed
any blended and ready to go, and through on necessary paperwork.
c.,D Enjoy Chemical Company
CNA) Bay town Plant
the ship into which it was to be When the ship pulled into Bay-
loaded was already on its way
New, Compact Safety
load in 36 hours, so a quick " •
check had to be made with the •) I B 4L 4<I8 P
Rules Book Will Be
be close, but we can make it.” Ae A | n
Il wasn’t just a simple matter (miwer I lilt E EAmeguvwg
of pumping some products into Wil W“II “M“ EEE MAMVI y
a blend tank. Several time-con- . , .. . . ..
iii- ii A new streamlined, easy-to- have a rule if we don't abide by
suming steps would be involved, , e i i i -h i . Ir , .
1 .1 . .1 , read, safety rules book will be it. Most employees are as anxious
and the time was so short that I7 .. . 1 . . . P .
every step had to be right. issued to Humble and Enjay em- about their own safety as the
First, the steam-heated dock ployees.at Baytown during Janu- companies are, and the vast ma-
tanks in which the product would ary: The new pocket-size book jority of employees comply will-
be blended were cold, and had to contains only 10 pages, compared ingly with all safety rules.
be heated to 130 degrees so the to 145 pages in the one it will All employees are scheduled to
lubricating oil would flow from repace. . receive the book by February 1.
them into the ship. Oil Move- In introducing the new book to It will be given each employee by
_ „ _ menis personnel had the tanks at superintendents and department his supervisor for study, and af-
No Such Things As Creatures From the right temperature 24 hours heads. Refinery Manager Frank ter a short time the rules wiU be
- later urpin said one of the main ob- discussed with him by his super-
Outer Soa-a--HEY' What's That?' At the same time, employees at jectives in rewriting the book visor.
--e opa a WHOTS inai. the physical testing laboratory to produce one that is read-
It happened at Enjay’s Linear Paraffin Unit—the day before were busy making trial blends to a) 5 and not C uttere Wit a AAD A A
three astronauts headed into space for a journey around the moon.. let Lube Processing coordinators °. tta to cover every Possi e IVl D/\ AnnOUnCGS
But at the LPU, there were no visible means of celestial transporta- know the exact manner in which situat;on. —. . .
lion around. For another picture and more details, see page 4. the blends would have to be made t S Just not practica to write E leCTlOn KCSUlTS
a rule that can cover every situa-
tion in a refinery as complex and Results of the Mutual Benefit
As RQCOrdGCl On Briefs Panes as large as this one,” he empha- Association’s election for four di-
sized. “Our new rule book is per- rectors on the board have been
|| m | |e | |e | Ag I ■ uy haps like a political party plat- announced.
apa Ava -Iqkiec lit I •c‘ Vemy form; it sets out a general policy, R. T. Donnelly, Refinery Ac-
. HEI“ TAI “ I -U-IIIH-N-- “ I hCUl I vUI bul it will require department counting, will begin his first two-
heads and supervisors to add lo- year term on the MBA board this
I he year 1968 is now history, . . Ulililies improvements in- losses in the Baytwn plants had cal interpretation and judgment.” year. The other three directors—
but it was interesting history. On eluded dismantling of two Re- been reduced over 90 per cent in Both Turpin and Chemical Mary Kiber, Refinery Labora-
a universal scale, it ended with finery landmarks, Boilerhouses 1 the last four years. . . . Hydro- Plant Manager M. E. Gillis lory; J. w. Frymire, Refinery
three American astronauts cir- and 2. finer 4 groundbreaking was held, pointed out to supervisory per- Technical; and Annuitant J. w.
cling the moon. Internationally, March—Humble and Enjay July—Construction was begun sonnel that there is no reason to Carroll—were re-elected.
it was a year of change, with announced plans to hire about on a $2 million project lo ex-
both pluses and minuses. J his 130 wage employees during the pand the Refinery’s Varsol
also held true on a national remainder of the year. Hydrofining Unit . . . About 60
scale, With clections being a pari April—Construction got under- former Baytown employees and
o the news, way on the new Hydrofining their families, most on loan lo
Change was also evident at the Control Center . . . Announce- help start up Benicia Refinery,
Baytown plants. With this ment was made that volunteer held a “Fourth of July” picnic
change came progress—achieved firemen’s Plectron radios would in the mountains of Northern
in many cases by new equip- he replaced with pocket-size por- California . . . M&C employees
ment, new methods, new tech- table pagers . . . During a 24- were commended for working a
nology, new goals. hour period, Oil Movements per- record 265 days without a dis-
Scanning the pages of the sonnel moved a record 930,000 aiding injury.
/{riels published in 1968 gives a barrels of fuel products from August—After 50 years of ser.
composite picture of our year in Baytown, vice, the plans' fire whistle was
. the plants. Here, tn capsule form May-Baytown employees of retired when portable pagers
- and in pictures—are high- Enjay were commended by R. G. . 1 1 . e
lights of 1968 events at Baytown. Ernest, Enjay director and vice were issued volunteer firemen ’;
January—Enjay’s Chemical president in charge of Manu- umble nnuitant aim} an
. Plant entered the Vistanex field, fact a ring, for contributing announced plans to retire again
becoming the sole U. S. producer greatly to Enjay’s overall growth after 10 years as Baytown s Cor-
of the pure white rubber. ... A $3 million improvement in poration Court Judge. .
February—The Para xylene lube offsite faci lilies was an- September—A project was com- "Mhm-
Unit and the Paraxylene Feed nounced for the Refinery plete.l which consolidated treat- The new 10-page safety rules book to be given all Humble and Enjay
Unit came down for expansion June-It was revealed that fire (See HIGHLIGHTS, Page 4) emplgyces_isjmall enough to carry around in a shirt pocket.
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Lee, O. B. Baytown Briefs (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 01, Ed. 1 Friday, January 3, 1969, newspaper, January 3, 1969; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1433502/m1/1/?rotate=270: accessed June 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.