The people's voice., 1943-12-03
'C0-0PS BUY
ONE MORE
REFINERY

probable shortage of motor fuels
next spring and summer, the Coop
erative Refinery Association, with
headquarters here, has agreed to pur-
chase the Coffeyville, Kans., proper
ties of National Refining Company,
it was announced today by Howard
A. Cowden, president of the cooper
ative.
Cooperative Refinery Association
(CRA) plans to take over January 1
the following facilities:
A gasoline refinery using 1880 bar
rels of crude oil a day at capacity.
It's annual output will be approx
mately S1,OOO,O0O gallons of refined
fuels.
A lubricating oil refinery where
bright stocks and neutrals and fin
ished oils are made at the rate of
10,OOO,OOO gallons year. 1t will be
the worlds first comparatively owned
plant of its kind. A furfural plant,
which will further improve the quality
of tube" oils produced, is under con-
struction now and will cost when COM
pleted approximately s165,OO0.
Defense Plant Corporation, an
agency of the federal government, is
constructing an aviation gasoline re-
finery adjacent to the Coffeyville
plant, which CRA expects to operate.
1t will be in operation about February
1, 1914. CRA will expect to purchase
the aviation gasoline refinery after
the war and will be in position, if the
purchase is made, to supply in part
the demand for high octane fuel
which likely will grow out of the war.
Included in the purchase also are
269 oil wells and 76S miles of gather
ing and truck pipe lines which con-
meet these wells, and the wells of
other crude oil producers, to the re-
finery In addition there are 1914
acres of undeyeloped leases in Illi
nois, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas and
New Mexico. One well is drilling in
Illinois now, and it is probable that
a further drilling program will be un-
dertaken shortly.
L uCoC ldOtiibitoy Pido q hdihDOi VI |
motor transports and substantial in
will bring the total purchase
price to more than $4,000,000.
Located on the Great Lake Pipe |
Line, which runs from Cushing, Okla, |
Kansas City to Des Moines, |
Omaha, the Twin Cities and Chicago, |
the Coffeyville refinery will be in
position to serve Missouri and Iowa |
on a direct basis. By |
refined fuels with other |
refiners, which has increased since
Pearl Harbor in an effort to save |
the Coffeyville plant |
will provide refined fuels for cooper
ative members in many other areas.
The Cooperative Refinery Associa-
lion now owns a 1,500-barrel refinery
at Phillipsburg, Kans., and
an interest in the 17,500-barrel re-
,inery at Mcpherson, Kans., which
was purchased in July, this year, by
i've regional cooperative WHOLESALERS.
era is the refining subsidiary of Con-
sumers Cooperative Association, N.
Kansas City, Mo-, cooperative
which provides 749 member
in Kansas, Oklahoma,
Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, North and
South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa and
with farm and home sup
,lies. Addition of the Cofefyville fa-
.ilities makes CRA one of the largest
{ not the largest, Independent refiner
n the United States.
Several reasons prompted US to
purchase the Coffeyville property"
aid President Cowden. I'VE want
O protect our member associations
gainst motor fuels drouth as seri-
us as the one last summer. We have
ound from experience that the most
and secure source of sup
ly is from our own productive units.
additionally the purchase will enable
Consumers Cooperative Association,
yhich is serving the war effort in
lany ways, to make a further con-
ribution toward winning the war. ,
borrower, the aviation plant, If we
an agree on a purchase price with
he federal government, will put us
4 position to meet the demand for
igher octane fuels that will come as
ne result of this war and changed
nd changing engine designs.
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