The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1926-06-17
AMERICAN REFINERY
AT GREAT FALLS TO
BE REOPENED SOON
PRODUCERS & REFlNERs COR
PoRATIoN TO MANUFACTURE
GALolNE, LUBRICANTS FROM
KEVIN-SUNBURST CRUDE

The Great Falls Producers & Re
fners corporation, headed by Robert
Jordon, Sr., as president and general
manager, has takn over the old Amer.
lean refinery at the north end of the
Tenth street bridge, and will begin re-
6ning Kevin-Sunburst crude oil in the
near future. This announcement was
made Wednesday by Mr. Jordan after
several months negotiations.
According to Mr.. Jordon the new
company is virtually a closed corpor-
alton and is owned and controlled by
few veteran midcontinent opera
tors. Mr.. Jordan was a pioneer pro-
duceu and operator in Texas, Okla
homa, Louisiana and Kansas old
fields, having first entered the mid
continent in 1901. j. Mettler, a refin-
er with more than 35 years experience
will be in active charge Of the refn-
cry and Robert Jordan, Jr, who re-
Gently resigned from his position
with the Union Oil company of Cali
fornia, will join the staff Of the new
organization as assistant to Mr. Met
tier.
Equipment from Wyoming
The company recently purchased
refinery in Wyoming and the equip
ment is now being dismantled prepar
atory to moving it to Great Falls
where it will be added to the present
plant. In addition Mr. Jordan has
patented a new cracking process
which will be installed here When
all of the equipment has been put in
place the Producers and Refners
plant will manufacture a number of
machine and motor oils in addition to
gasoline and kerosene. According to
Mr.. Jordan this will be the first com
plete plant for making motor fuc's
and lubricants from crude oil in the
state.
Mr. Jordan Wednesday pointed out
that trere shoull be marlle
for motor lubricants manufactured at
I'll local plant be ,au5a at present
VI paliy all of the motor oils AMI
treases consumed in this area are
shipped in from other states and that |
they are the refined product of crude
III .,x1,soh ooete, "a onn,.ox,;,1, n toIx, 60 |
barrel. This cost alone, is almost |
three times the posted price of the |
K +, il -sunburst crudg
Number of By-Products
Virtually all of the present ref
neries in the state make only gasoline
kerosene and gas oils, leaving resi-
due fuel oil amounting to 40 to so per
cent of the crude, Mr.. Jordan said |
Under the new cracking process and |
of lubricants the Produ- /
GERS e Refners company will be able
to recover more gasoline than thru
the "straight-run" process and will
have number of by-products which
will have a higher market value than
crude oil. Thos, Mr.. Jorlon believes,
would tend to stimulate the crude oil
market in the Kevin-unburst field
Also the cost of operating the crack
ing system, as compared with the
cost in other refineries in the state,
will be materially reduced, Mr. Jor-
Ian said, because as owner Of the
his company will not be re-
luired to pay royalty on the gasoline
produced as result Of use of the
process.
No definite date for starting oper-
ltions at the refinery has been set
by Mr.. Jordan as yet but he stated
Wednesday that the plant should be
'eady within the next three or four
weeks. Re-arrangement 70 some of
he present equipment so that better
Tesults may be obtained and new con-
is now in progress Great
Falls Tribune.