Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-08-29
.LUBRICATING OIL.
PLANT PLANNED
REESE ALLEN REFINERY villa
EXTEND ACTIVITIES IN
AMARILLO FIELD.

Plans are being prepared FOR the con.
struction Of a lubricating Ull plant in
connection with the Reese ). Allen &c.
flnery at Amarillo. Plans have been
thought out by Manager Powers and
Superintendent ". II. SHREDDER and
blue prints ARE being made.
The building. machinery and equip.
ment necessary for the manufacture VI
lubrtcating oils aud wax. will require an
additional expenditure by Mr. Aiicfi ot
approximately s25cO0O The plant IA
contemplated will be modern and
complete one. II II the purpose 90
manufacture the different varieties Of
lubricating oils. wax and probably med
icinai oil. In all its appointments. the
Lubricant plant II "a be on a Tar with
the recently completed Reese Allen re
filming plant. The mos, highly finished
products VIII be- manufactured In this
city BY compromising the different oils
and gfeascs.
Us 4 starter. another storage build
Ing. 1ixis5 feet wall bc necessary. The
lararatory In process ut completion IN
n new brick building nj the refinery
will answer Tor the lubricant plant al.
80. Morc pumps and more agiiators
will be purchased. and s0.tun rcfrlg.
Grating plant will be installed. \ filter
press. sweater press. and acid recover
Ing plant will b. necessary requirement
~ the complete plant. With the class
Il add plant that Is o. be installed used
acid carried In the sludgcs can he boil.
q up In kettles and 70 70 20 per cent
Of its value recovered.
There II nothing. according o. super
intendent SHREDDER. that can be made
from crude oil with the most modera
machinery that win not hc turned out
nj the Reese Allen plant. In addition
90 other expenditures the Allen som.
pany II purchasing over hundred
tank cars a. a part IL the refining com
pany's equipment With the cxpendi
lures the equipment for MANUFACTURER;
lubricants will call for. 10 addition To-
the Initial cost % the refining plant.
viii represent . million dollars invest.
ment.
Additional improvements and expen
ditures were reflected iE the taking
over Of all tho stock ~ the Amarillo
PETROLEUM a REFINING Company by
Reecc \. Allen IN July. The present
Reese 5. Allen Refining plant started
M June !. as the Amarillo Petroleum
4 Refining Company. Before IL was
well under way Reese Allen bought upI
hacker 81 the enterprise. Having large
holdings anf many big producing wells
IN the Burkbufneft field on which toI
draW for his crude oil supply. Mr Allen
saw the necdicf a refinery in the heart
az the Panhandle. and having 4 modern
refinery. detcrmined to have a compieic
plant for the manufacture Of all the |
finished products q crude oil.
The refinery has proven a successful
enterprise. Tractors. automobiles and
gasoline engines are being run over the
Panhandle with products q the Recce f,
Allet refinery. II has not yet reached
capacity productive. but gasoline. nap-
tina. kcrosene. Eas and fuel oil and |
tractor distillateS are being turned out. ]
shipments are already being m ,de 20
Canadian. Plainvl-w. Fioydada. Canyon !
and other points. and there II a gener' |
nj demand insuring the USE ~ home |
Manufactured oil products throughout
the Panhandle country.