The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-09-04
Marldnd Refining Company
Adding SI,600,0 900 in Addi-
tons to Plant


tiOns to Plant
PONCA CITY, Sept. ".--Doubling
the capacity OF Marland refinery,
increasing Marland tank farm stor-
age capacity my 100000 barrels,
constructing complete watorworks
system with a capacity Of more than
100000 gallons of water daily
and installing added facilities and
new equipment OF latest and modern
design is the work that now Is In
progress here.
The new construction will repre-
sent when complete an expenditure
OF approximately sI,600,000. The
capacity OF Marland refinery will
have been increased from about
5000 barrels Of crude oil daily TO
1900 barrels. Both the gasoline and
crude oil storage facilities OF the
company will be doubled.
The number OF employees at Mar
land refinery will be increased ma
terinlly when the new divisions are
placed in operation on 24-hour
schedule. Also pipeline run of oil
here will be doubled, Marland Re
filming company has pipelines 10 the
Mervine. Homiry. Yale, Quay. Jen-
nings and Covlngton oil fields con-
Meeting direct with the refinery.
One thousands tons of steeel are
being used in the construction OF the
refinery enlargement and $500 tons
OF steel are required In the construc-
ton of the "a new storage tanks.
More than so carloads of cement
were used by the Nelson s. Miller
Co. of Ponca City in the con-
struction Of concrete piers for IS,
high pressure stills.
The Kellog Construction company
is in charge OF installation of refin-
cry building and Chicago Bridge Il
Iron Works Is building the "a new
so. 0.000-barrel tanks. Many local con-
tractors were given work installing
concrete foundations, excavating and
other work in line with the extensive
construction. More than ESQ men are
employed and every energy Is being
put forth TO rush the work to com
pletion.
The Marland Refining company
has purchased the rights OF the
Fleming process and Is installing
1s high pressure stills to extract
gasoline from gas oil. The additional
gasoline recovery by the new process
Is estimated at about 80 per cent.
After the gasoline Is extracted from
the gas oil, the latter is to be sold
as fuel oil witnout the high pres
sure stills It has been impossible for
the local industriaY plant to obtain
this gasoline and IL was sold with
the fuel oil.
Each Of the Is high pressure stills
will have capacity OF 44b barrels.
They are of heavy steel construction
and unlike other stills which are
mostly horizontal, the pressure stills
stand upright. steel is being rushed
here, several carloads having been
shipped by express. and every effort
is being made to complete this part
Of the enlargement OF tho refinery
by November Three viii be ready
to operate September IS.
The Flaming rights and construction
of the pressure stills cost the Mar
land company 100000. However,
this amount is less than the cost OF
tho construction of the % new stor-
ago tanks. The division OF the re-
fiuery enlargement represents on
expenditure Of S672, 900. one OF the
tanks now Is complete, and was
tested yesterday. Two others are tc
be completed within a few days. II
was at first estimated that the tanks
could he finished 10 days apart but
some delay Is being experienced be-
Marlaud refinery now has II CON
tinuous stills, the changing OF five
batch stills to be operated continu-
ously having Just been completed
These stills are used in the eXtrac'
tion of gasoline from crude oil and
changing the batch stills 10 continu-
Gus stills mean al inCredS Scd produc-
tion.
Thirteen libricating stills are In
| cluded in the Marland refinery. -Four
new mixing tanks are being Installed
| TO he used IN the compromising OF
| luhricating oils The new tanks are
Of the latest design, replacing tenn
porary equipment.
The Marland loading racks along
| the santa Fe railroad have been in
creased I'm capacity and the equip
ment made permanent. The new
structure Is of steel and concrete and
entirely fire-proof.
An acid recIalming plant now be,
| ing constructed will he OF much i'm
| portance. by this plant acids, used
| in treatment If lubricating oils may
| be reclaimed from oil thus climinat
| ing n great expense, Mnrland Refin
cry company has purchased this aciC
! from other concerns in the past AlsC
| this will eliminate the expense o.
! hauling off sludge or dumping II II
| ponds. Now Il will be burned,
Concrete roads are being con
! structed throughout the refinery sit,
| which comprises more than 90 acres
| All OF the new construction IL ems
| Of the Santa Fe railroad tracks
while the refinery proper Is west o
| the tracks As result II was neces
| sary for Marland to tunnel beneatl
] the railroad. The tunnel Is from
| within the old refinery TO the new
Construction, about 220 feet II
length. a walk Is beneath the track
seven feet wide Ten pipes ranginl
In size from two inches 10 eigh
inches pass through this tunnel
Thesepipes will contain gasoline
steam for power. and oil.
The Marland waterworks system
being constructed to meet the in
creased demand OF the enlarged re
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