Baytown Briefs (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 06, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, July 18, 1958 Page: 1 of 6
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JULY SAFETY SLOGAN
KNE—Report Accidents
Published Every Week by Humble Oil & Refining Company for Employees at Baytown Plants
July 18, 1958
Refinery's No. 3 Cat Unit On Stream
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The Only Structure Of Its
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Another New Unit About Ready
Varsol Hydrofining Section
Is Expected To Start Today
Vol. 6, No. 29—Commissary Bldg.
Phone 2752, Baytown, Texas
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The Refinery’s tallest giant, No. 3 Cat, has an eye-
appealing, cool appearance, but its insides were
warmed up to operating temperatures—approxi-
mately 1000 degrees Farenheit—this week, and gas
and maximum payments pro-
vided by the group policy and
describes in detail the two types
of coverage—the Basic Plan
under which reimbursement is
made primarily for hospital and
surgical expenses, and a Compre-
hensive Plan under which reim-
bursement is made for major
medical expenses. In addition,
the booklet sets forth the eligi-
bility rules for participation for
employees and dependents and
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molecule-cracking trip that adds considerably to the
Refinery’s manufacturing capacity. The new unit,
265 feet tall, has capacity of 55,000 barrels a day.
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gives other pertinent information
valuable to those participating
in the Plan.
The booklet should be studied
and filed with other important
papers in the home so that it can
be found for quick reference
should the need arise. Along with
the booklet, there will be in-
cluded a policy or certificate,
identification cards for use when
entering a hospital and informa-
tion as to how to file claims.
drofining section of the Varsol
Hydrofining unit has a capacity
of 6,000 barrels per stream day,
including finishing facilities. The
two atmospheric rerun distilla-
tion columns have a capacity of
approximately 7,000 barrels each
per stream day. These columns
can be operated separately or to-
gether. They replace old Battery
K, one of the last of the old bat-
teries in the Refinery, and they
will be used to rerun a variety of
naphthas to make a number of
different products.
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At 2:45 a.m. Wednesday, Chief Operator L. L. Brennan,
Cracking and Polymerization, turned a wheel that put a giant
in action. The wheel opened a valve at the feed pump for
No. 3 Cat that sent the first stream of gas oil charging into
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plishment—the only structure of
its kind in the nation with such
outstanding eye appeal.
It is also the first Baytown
Refinery unit to use gas-driven
turbines to furnish air for burn-
ing carbon off the catalyst.
No. 3 Cat, a part of the Crack-
ing and Polymerization group,
has a rated capacity of 55,000
barrels a day, but is operating
initially at a reduced rate. The
CO (Carbon Monoxide) boilers,
designed to utilize waste gases,
will not be ready for several days.
The unit is charged with proc-
ess gas oil, and deasphalted oil
from the Deasphalting unit. These
products, processed further at
HDU No. 2, are produced pri-
marily from West Texas crude.
Light ends fractions from
the unit will add considerably to
the Refinery’s expanding petro-
chemical program.
The operating staff for No. 3
Cat includes: G. H. Bland, S. O.
Ryals, J. T. Whitfield, C. A.
Phillips, R. L. Kubin, M. D.
Peoples, C. H. Young, R. M.
Trant, C. O. Grayson, R. H.
Holmes, M. R. Francis, E. A.
Waight, H. F. Fortenberry, T. L.
Prigmore, L. E. Hlanak, B. D.
Carroll, L. D. Meckel, E. M.
Chatham, L. L. Brennan, M. M.
Sanders, and L. Ashley.
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Minutes later, after a hot,
molecule-cracking trip through
the Refinery’s newest, tallest
giant, fractionated products were
streaming from the unit to sev-
eral destinations. Heating oil was
flowing to storage tanks, while
high pressure gas and naphthas
which contained unfinished gaso-
lines and other light ends mate-
rials were coursing to the
Catalytic Light End Units.
Thus, Bay town’s Fluid Catalyst
Cracking Unit No. 3 went on
stream.
For several weeks, Humble
mechanical, process and technical
employees have been readying
the towering industrial Goliath
for initial operations. They have
been testing various equipment
at the unit, making adjustments
to instruments and other me-
chanical parts, and getting ac-
quainted with complex operating
procedures.
Then, late last week, prelim-
inary operating procedures got
underway. These included circu-
lating air to dry out unit vessels,
loading some 400 tons of catalyst
into the regenerator, bringing
the unit up to operating tempera-
tures, and myriads of other steps
to get the huge outlay of equip-
ment ready to start “bustin’ mole-
cules.”
The 265-foot-tall new cat unit
is a novel architectural accom-
aEeimmd
The hydrofining section of
the Varsol Hydrofining unit
was charged with oil for test-
ing last Wednesday and was
expected to be on stream by
today. The two atmospheric
rerun distillation columns,
which are part of the unit,
are expected to go into oper-
ation within the next two
weeks.
The new unit, located imme-
diately east of ihe present Lube
Hydrofining unit, will be oper-
ated from the same control house
as the Lube Hydrofiner. The hy-
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Refinery employees who are
participating in the Bankers’
Life Hospitalization and Surgi-
cal Benefits Insurance Plan will
begin receiving booklets this
coming week describing the plan
in clear, comprehensive language.
About 2,000 of the booklets are
being mailed from the Houston
Office to Refinery employees and
annuitants.
The booklet lists benefits
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Baytown Briefs (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 06, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, July 18, 1958, newspaper, July 18, 1958; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1417667/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.