Atlantic Refining

Atlantic Refining Company introduces the tower still refinery, in which petroleum is separated in a continuous process rather than in batches. 

Catforming [Catalytic reforming] A catalytic reforming process using a platinum catalyst on a silica/alumina support. Developed by the Atlantic Refining Company and first operated in 1952. 

Met-X A continuous process for removing traces of metals from cracking catalysts by ion-exchange. Developed by Atlantic Refining Company and first operated in Philadelphia in 1961. 

From tables compiled by J. C. Gregory, The Atlantic Refining Co. 

Atlantic Refining merged with Amoco, which was bought by BP P.L.C. BP Amoco became BP P.L.C. 

Present address The Atlantic Refining Company. Research and Development Department. 300 South Ridgeway Ave., Glenolden. Pa. 19036... 

Hart, W.B., Doudoroff, P. and Greenbank, J. (1945) The Evaluation of the Toxicity of Industrial Wastes, Chemicals and Other Substances to Freshwater Fishes. Atlantic Refining Co., Philadelphia, PA. 

The timing of the petroleum companies entry into the chemical industry determined their long-term position in the industry. The four that commercialized petrochemicals before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor— Standard Oil of New Jersey (Exxon by 1993), Shell, Standard Oil of California (Chevron by 1993), and Phillips—were the first movers. By the 1950s they had become the leaders in the basic feedstocks and commodity polymers such as polystyrene, polyvinyl chloride, polyethylene, and polypropylene. Those companies that entered after 1941 achieved success by focusing on specific niche products in the manner of the smaller U.S. companies. As shown in Table 1.1, these include Arco (Atlantic Refining Company), Amoco (Standard Oil of Indiana), Ashland, and BP America (acquirer of Standard Oil of Ohio). 

The followers—Standard Oil of Indiana (Amoco), Atlantic Refining (Arco), Mobil, Texaco, and British Petroleum—entered the industry during the war. Of these, Mobil and Texaco proved unsuccessful in commercializing products from the new technology, as were Ashland, Occidental, and France s Blf-Atochem, which entered after the war. 

Where there is good evidence that a plaintiff was well aware of the risks in using a product-as in the case of Daniels v. The Atlantic Refining Co.f involving a herbicide, the manufacturer will not be held liable regarding his duty to warn. On the other hand, in some situations, no amount of warning will suffice, such as where a product is inherently unsafe for a particular use. 

This work has been made possible by a grant from the Atlantic Refining Company, the Esso Research and Engineering Company, and the Gulf Research and Development Company to The Franklin Institute Laboratories for fundamental studies in the field of heterogeneous catalysis. This support is greatefully acknowledged. 

Media actually tested included light mineral oil, U.S.P., and eicosane, technical grade (Atlantic Refining Co.). Lithium stearate was used as a dispersion stabilizer. With these media no dispersing agent seemed necessary. 

We can start one thread in 1955, when the Texas Butadiene and Chemical Corporation bought the LyondeU Country Club in Channelview, Texas, and built a plant on that site. Sinclair Petrochemicals then purchased the Channelview site in 1962. Atlantic Refining Company and Richfield Oil Corporation formed Atiantic Richfield (ARCO) in 1966, which merged in 1969 with Sinclair, so the Channelview... 

Frasch s creative mind continued to work on petroleum. Between 1880 and 1900, thirty-four patents were filed by Standard Oil, half of which originated with Frasch. In 1895, another major invention was made by Frasch, the acidizing of an oil well to increase production, but this was not for Standard. Patents for the process were issued the following year (U.S. patent 556,651, 556,669). The acid reacted with the limestone rock, releasing carbon dioxide gas that opened up fissures in the rock. This process freed trapped oil pockets. Frasch had worked on this project with John W. Van Dyke (1849 - 1939). Frasch had known Van Dyke from the Solar Refinery years, where the latter had been the Superintendent of the revolutionary refinery for sour oil. On April 1, 1896, they assigned the patents to Van Dyke s company, the Oil Well Acid Treatment Company of Lima, Ohio. Van Dyke later led the Standard Oil spin-off company, the Atlantic Refining Company (later becoming part of ARCO and now part of BP). 

Mexican sulfur was e5q)orted from the port of Coatzocoalcos, near Vera Cmz. APSA had set up sulfur terminals in Tampa (1960) and Immingham, in England. In 1961, the liquid sulfur vessel Etude (ex. Antelope Hills), later replaced by H.H. Jaquet (to U.S. named after Harold Jaquet, the vice-president of operations for APSA), entered the fleet. Other early vessels were the Pochteca (ex. Atlantic Refiner) and the Harry C. Webb, which was later rechristened the Otapan (to Europe). Mexican shipments to Europe started in 1965. In October 1989, Pemex launched the Teoatl. These vessels are now out of service, and Pemex is chartering vessels from Polsteam. 

Including Vinyl Products, Baker Chemical, Wallace and Tiernan, Kerr McGee, Atlantic Refining, Conap, Nalco, Staley,... 

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