Baytown Briefs (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 13, Ed. 1, December 1977 Page: 2 of 8
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Heads and assistant heads of
committees are: Entertainment—
Wilburn Gieger and Jerry Wier,
both of ER&E; Finance—Winnie
Trant and W. A. “Red” Foster,
both of refinery Mechanical;
Participation activities—Vincent
Cavarella, Materials, and Jack
Rogers, chemical plant Mechan-
ical; Constitution and By-Laws—
Glenn Carlton, chemical plant
Operations, and James Taylor, re-
finery Mechanical.
Also, Chibs—Roy Cutbirth, re-
finery Mechanical, and Lee
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and Robert Maricle, all of refinery
Process; Ron Stewart, Goose
Creek Production; and Harold
Murphy, chemical plant Mechan-
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the all-injury index below 0.99.
During six different months—
February, April, June. July. Octo-
ber and November, this goal was
reached. (The November perfor-
mance for Chemical Plant em-
ployees was a perfect 0.00.)
Chemical Plant Safety Direc-
tor T. V. Dodson said, ”The best
index that Chemical Plant em-
ployees can achieve for 1978 is
1.43. This will occur if we main-
tain a 0.00 performance for the
Here Is Latest
Equity Portfolio
The Thrift Fund Trustee has
advised that the value of each
unit in the Equity Portfolio as of
the last business day of Novem-
ber, 1977 was SI 0.52. Equity
units are available as one of the
investment alternatives in the
Thrift Fund under the terms and
conditions set forth in the pros-
pectus dated April 22, 1977.
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Inspecting the burner management logic panel housed in Boilerhouse 6
terminal building are from left, Jesse Rodriguez, Bill Kelly and John
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system which automatically mon-
itors some 20 ‘status points’ dur-
ing operation and before any
burner is ignited. These status
points include flame, fuel pressure
and air flow.
According to the project’s in-
strument engineer, Bob Walton,
“This system forces one to estab-
lish certain safely prerequisites
before bringing a boiler on
stream. For instance, checks are
made automatically to determine
that draft fans are running, air
flow is correct and fuel pressures
are proper before fuel can be in-
troduced to the burners and ig-
nited. If these firing prerequisites
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Outgoing President Fred Ernst, left, presents gavel to new president,
Louis Matysiak, who also presented Ernst an appreciation plaque. In
background is Greg Ross, vice president.
To conserve gas energy and to
insure safer operations, a $1.5
million project is now in the
start-up stages at Boilerhouse 6.
The project, which is part of
a $10 million gas conservation
project, was started two years ago
and includes facilities to fire
liquid fuel and a burner manage-
ment system. The large-scale
burner management system per-
mits an operator to start or to re-
move individual burners from
service in a boiler and switch
from liquid to gaseous fuels on
the fly.
From a safety standpoint, the
new system has a built-in check
are lost or out of limits, the
burner cannot be ignited.”
Walton explained that “the
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Louis Matysiak, chemical plant
Process, will head the Baytown
Exxon Club in 1978. He was
elected president by the club’s
board of directors at the Decem-
ber board meeting.
Matysiak succeeds Fred Ernst,
refinery Mechanical, whose term
of office as president expires in
December. Succeeding Matysiak
as vice president of the club will
be Greg Ross, chemical plant
Mechanical.
Also elected at the December
board meeting were eight direc-
tors to head the Exxon Club’s
committee activities for 1978,
and eight more, all new directors,
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non Hill, Oil Movements; Ath-
letics—Horton Bridges, chemical
plant Engineering, and Morris
Kingston, refinery Mechanical;
Membership—John Peters and
Ron Evans, both of refinery Tech-
nical.
In a recent election, 17 em-
ployees were elected by the Exxon
Club membership to two-year
terms on the club’s board of di-
rectors. Most of these new direc-
safest condition for a boiler is to
have a good flame. This system
monitors that condition. If a
flame failure occurs, then either New directors above, from left in front row, are Connie Barnett, Kathryn
the burner or the boiler will auto- Mitchell, Kathy Sampson, and Pat Casey. In back are Stan Zeglin, left,
matically shut down. If there is a and Freddie Gregerson.
flame in the boiler, then it is
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board in Boilerhouse 6. This key- In Safety As Year-End Nears
board includes operator controls *
and alarm status lights. Burner Ry midnite, December 25, re-
status, ignition, or burner prob- finery employees hope to reach
lems are identified by the lights. 200 days without an on-the-job
Also, the system has been de- disabling injury. Chemical plant
signed so that it can be controlled employees have a December 31
second half of December, as it
was the first half. Chemical plant
employees can boast of no record-
able injuries since October 30.
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meeting. Heading Exxon Club committees next year are, front row from left,
Other incoming directors, be- Vince Cavarretta, Wilburn Geiger, Winnie Trant and Glen Carlton, and
sides the eight listed above as in back, from left, Jack Rogers, Jerry Wier, and W. A. Red Foster,
assistant heads of committees, are ymppagm
Connie Barnett, Administration; .gF3 :
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electronically from the Utilities goal, at which time they will have
Control Center when consolida- achieved 215 days without an on-
lion of utilities control is com- the-job disabling injury.
pleted by 1979. At the beginning of 1977, goals
Percy La Fosse, project engi- were set in both plants for overall
neer, explained that the ignition safety performance. Refinery em-
system was designed to meet the ployees reached their monthly
safely standards of the National award goal of an all-injury index
Fire Protection Agency. “Hope- (All) below 1.00 during four
fully, safety will be increased and months this year—February,
ignition problems will be re- April, July and August. Refinery
duced," he said. employees failed to reach their
The new system will also con- 1.35 AH goal for the year, but
serve gas. By installation of new had still worked six different
burners capable of burning liquid months with an All below 1.35.
fuel in addition to gaseous fuels, The refinery had an All of
more liquid fuel can be burned 2.05 at the end of November. Ac-
thereby reducing refinery use of cording lo Refinery Safely Direc-
natural gas. tor E. 11. (Bucket) Oliver, “Em-
Other employees involved in ployees have an opportunity to
the project include Jim Beissel, improve this index for the year
process engineer, Rankin Smith, by continuing to work safely in
electrical engineer, Hosea Smith, December. If our present low in-
mechanical engineer, Golde dex for December continues, an
Grube, chief operator, and Bill index of about 1.90 can be
Ford, Bill Kelly, Jesse Rodriquez reached for the year.”
and John Owen, all of Mechau- Chemical Plant employees had
icaL a yearly safety goal of keeping
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