The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1926-06-17
IT'S CAPACITY FOR CRUDE
OIL LEADING STATE
TWO NEW STILLS INSTALLED TO
MANUFACTURE "GRlZZLY" GAS,
RECENTLY NAMED

Sunburst, June 12.-An expansion
program which will give the Interna
tional refinery here a larger crude oil
capacity than the combined total Of
all other refneries in the state is
now being completed and the final
unit is expected to be in opel alton
within the next 10 days.
Two gasoline stills for manufac-
turing straight run gasoline have been
installed and the refinery will soon
place on the market Grizzly gas. +"
This name was selected by the refin-
cry for their product following o con-
test in which more than 25OOO names
were suggested by residents of vir-
tually every state in the union, Can
ada, Hawaii and Cuba.
The name Grizzly gas was sub
mitted in the contest by Claire D..
Sutherland at 7244 Fourth Avenue
north, Great Falls, and by Mrs.
George McKown, 13 A Seventh St.
north, Great Falls. They received
the first prize $3.50, overed by the re-
fnery. The second prize, $3.50, was
awarded to Bessie Conbelleck of Moe
casin and Clementine Love of Kalis-
Dell, for the name "Igo gas" The
third prize. $1OO, went to Frank Ell
well of Havre for the name 'fSham-
rock" Checks for the prizes were
sent out by the refinery last week.
Cost Nearly 100000
The refinerys expansion program
will cost between $4,000 and $780,
900 and will rsult in stills and other
equipment sufficient to- care for 49,
400 barrels of crude oil daily. The
plant here was established by L. 3.
Tip" and John O'Neil on August
%, 1924, and when originally opened
it had a capacity of only 1000 bar
rels daily Additions have been
made almost constantly since that
time.
In addition to the installation of
he new gasoline stills, two stills for
-opping crude have been put in place
Ind storage for fuel, oil, light oils,
crude and gasoline has been increas-
I'd. At present the refinery has stor-
lge for approximately 25O,OOO barrels
If crude and refined products.
An adequate water supply for
operation of the refining plant is OBJ
aimed by piping from reservoir
hree miles away and deep wells
lbout seven miles from Sunburst. A
lew $4,000 barrel water storage tank
5 among the Improvements made so
ar this year and three-inch water
inc running from the wells and res
.rvoir has been permanent install
d by burying it blow the frost line.
Largest Purchaser There
The International Refining com
amy is the largest purchaser of
rude oil in the Kevin-SunDurst field
nd has held this position for num-
'er of months. The crude is trans
'orted from the field by pipe line to
he tank farm of the Illinois Pipe
line company which adjoins the re
merry and is later fed into the rein
rvs own tanks All of the refinery
quipment is located on hillside
With the crude oil storage at the top
f the hill and approximately 1000
arrels daily may be run from stor-
ge, through the stills and into tank
ars wothout the use of pump. The
resent output of the plant is many
ines in excess of the 1000 barrel
lark, however, and it is necessary
o use force pumps in order to speed
he operations.
The crude oil is passed thru top
ing stills where everything except
he fuel oil is vaporized and is passed ,
If to condensers where it is recon
erted into liquid and is run into
anks. The fuel oil is pumped di-
ectly to tankcads and the remaining