The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-12-13
PORTABLE REFINERY

The Peerless Steel Company of this
city has completed their first Peer
less Individual Portable Refinery
which they designed and have erected
or their property just south OF their
plant in this city. The idea upon
which this small refinery is based
was developed by w. h. Hassett,
president Of the Peerless Steel Com
pany. Of Fort Worth, Texas, ana
also this city, and who has had many
years of practical oil refining experi>
ence. The design was made by Geo.
T.. Batchelder, chief engineer, and
the refinery constructed by +. d.
Gray, both working under the super
vision OF II. Il. Fell, vice president
and general manager of the Peerless
Steel Company All of the steel plate
and structural steel work was fabri-
Gated in the Peerless steel Company
plant in this city and erected at the
plant under the supervision or j. /.
Kirkpatrick, superintendent.
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equipped in every manner and is
capable of performing the same duties
as the large skimming plants in this
section of the country, only, of course,
in a smaller way. The plant, when
erected, presents an extremely neat
appearance but no unit Of the plant
is so large but what il can not be
thIg maxi
ing the refinery portable and enabling
the operator of the plant to move the
plant at any time 10 4 new LOCATION
should he desire. The plant can be
used for the manufacture Of gasoline
kerosene, gas oil and fuel oil and ~
also adopted for use in manufacturing
lubricating oils. The still has a ca
pacity of 70 barrels. so can be charged
with high gravity oils with charge
OF approximately 80 barrels. II is
possible to run from two TO TWO
and one-half charges per day with
this plant so that the plant has a
capacity OF from 100 10 l25 barrels
per day. The basis upon which the
plant works is to handle one charge
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various products which are desired
The plant is complete in every way
having still. vapor tower, condenser
coils, splash boards, water tank, LOOK
box. pumps and manifolds for distrib-
uting the products TO the tanks, Doll
er. agitator for treating, blower Tor
use In connection with agitator. 500
barrel crude oil storage tank, 25O
barrel fuel oil tank and five 6o-oarre'
run down tanks.
These plants are extremely well
adapted for use by large manufactur'
ers who consume fuel oil and have n
large number OF trucks and automo-
biles using gasoline. They are also
well adapted for use on leases having
small production or in an oil field
where development has just started
and where there is a great demand
for fuel oil. gasoline and Kerosene
A jobber Of oil products who ALREADY
has "A market for the various products
can save considerable money by th'
installation of one Of these planu
which will give TO him the rerninl
profit rather than giving II to the re-
finer. There are many other place.
for which this plant can he utilized
in n most profitable manner.
The Peerless Steel Company has rui
several experimental tests with TIM
first plant since its erection and th'
results have far exceeded their high
est expectations. The efficiency @
the plant has proven to be Just o'
great as the larger refineries so ina
II is possible with this type OF plan
to have an efficient small refinery a
an exceedingly small cost For
man or concern having an outlet 10
their products there Is no question
bu, wha, this plant will make larg
profits for the owner. the amour
of profit. OF course. dependent upo
the market prices OF refined produc,
and OF crude oil but even at this tim
: with market conditions as depresse
as they are. II is possible to make
profit Of from twenty-five to III,
2 dollars. There is no question bu
what these small refineries will u
: a much needed want in the petroleum
! industry and the Peerless Steel Com
3 pany is to be complimented upon pre-
g ducing such well constructed an
1 much needed product.--Ardmore chan
: her of Commerce News.
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