Conversion coming to a halt!

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03-16-2006, 09:17 PM
NITROUS

Damn the luck! I was just getting into it. Looks like we're gonna go balls to the walls at work to get the refinery up. 7/14's indefinite. We're gonna bring alkalite in this weekend and get our HF unit up first. Then comes the powerhouse, pipestills, sulfur units, hydrogen unit, coker unit, catcracker, and then all the bad boys which make the high octane/racing/diesel and jet fuels etc.... We've got one hell of a challenge ahead of us but it's gonna be worth it. I've got plant support/central maintenance of all the machinery, compressors, blower, pumps and whatever else it takes to move process through the piping. Looks like I'll have Sunday to watch the kid and do a little work on the truck before I go. I got a new condensor but it's aftermarket and looks like it's made of brass and painted black. That kind of scares me because the original is aluminumand unpainted. What do you guys think? Once the condenser and radiator are complete all that's left is the headers and wiring. Looks like the headers got pushed back until next Thursday now, what a bummer! Keep your fingers crossed that everything goes well so the price of gasoline will drop a little. :cool:
03-16-2006, 09:25 PM
chrisj6

good luck man! Yeah I am driving around my dads rice cart until I get my truck back, I cant wait a week! I do hope everything goes well there though, then you can get back to the truck!

Chris
03-16-2006, 09:27 PM
docone882000

Dang that sucks man.
03-16-2006, 11:04 PM
motoxlifer

Whoa! Did you say 7 days a week 14 hrs. a day? That's F*ckin crazy. I'll bet the paychecks look sweet though
03-16-2006, 11:10 PM
Tim Z

bieng in the commercial piping industry i understand your schedule, hang in there and youll have some mad cash to play with! You know what they say, Make hay while the sun shines.
03-16-2006, 11:54 PM
RedHeartbeat

Damn, man. With those hours and big paychecks you can afford to take it to MTI and let them finish it for you. :thumb:
03-17-2006, 03:06 PM
1BADC10

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Then comes the powerhouse, pipestills, sulfur units, hydrogen unit, coker unit, catcracker, and then all the bad boys which make the high octane/racing/diesel and jet fuels etc.... [/b]

...and, what refinery do you work for?
03-17-2006, 03:45 PM
NITROUS

BP Refinery. We used to be Amoco Oil Co. You've probably heard of our Ultimate unleaded. Here's a link. Ulitimate
03-17-2006, 03:49 PM
RedHeartbeat

I thought you guys were more famous for those high octane explosions down there. :laugh:
03-17-2006, 10:12 PM
NITROUS

Hopefully not anymore, we've taken safety to the next level! :cool:
03-18-2006, 01:01 PM
1BADC10

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I thought you guys were more famous for those high octane explosions down there. :laugh:
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Yep... b/c of you guys, Marathon has us moving trailers and non-explosion proof offices "x" amount of feet outside blast radiuses. Think we can agree on OSHA's safety standards. :hshake: Those coker units and cat crackers are the bigger money-makers. Get 'em up soon so some of us speed-freaks can get lower priced gas. :thumb:
03-19-2006, 08:23 AM
JimS

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Yep... b/c of you guys, Marathon has us moving trailers and non-explosion proof offices "x" amount of feet outside blast radiuses. Think we can agree on OSHA's safety standards. :hshake: Those coker units and cat crackers are the bigger money-makers. Get 'em up soon so some of us speed-freaks can get lower priced gas. :thumb:
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The price will go up with the excuse being "we have to pay for the new refinery". Prices won't be going down no matter what. Greed is king. Look how many people they are willing to kill to get the oil in Iraq. Prices will not be going down no matter what.
03-19-2006, 09:56 AM
TXcrew

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Damn, man. With those hours and big paychecks you can afford to take it to MTI and let them finish it for you. :thumb:
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yeah.. thats probaly what i would have done. if you know a shop or somebody you can trust.
03-19-2006, 01:31 PM
1BADC10

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The price will go up with the excuse being "we have to pay for the new refinery". Prices won't be going down no matter what. Greed is king. Look how many people they are willing to kill to get the oil in Iraq. Prices will not be going down no matter what.
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You're right! Marathon's expanding the Garyville refinery (180K barrels/day over 240K now). You know who's gonna be paying for that... consumers! Let's not get started on oil imports.

Back on topic! :thumb: