SHELL
DISTRICT
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WESTERN
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Friday,
September
18,
1949.
Wide
Area
Served
in
B.C.
most
anywhere
In
the
province
on
Shell
products.
Earlier
this
year
the
bulk
storage
depots
-were
reopened
at
Cranbrook
and
Creston
after
being
closed
for
a
year
because
of
short
supply.
But
now
the
FRACTIONATING
TOWERS
t
From
the
newest
agency
in
.
a
whole
East
Kootenays
are
again
being
served
as
the
supply
is
becoming
'better
than
ever.
The
general
program
of
Shell
n
Mr.
D.
R.
MacKcrricher
has
been
appointed
District
Manager
at
Prince
Rupert
for
Shell
Oil
Compan
y
of
B.
C.
Limited.
Mr.
MacKcrricher
'has
been
with
Shell
for
14
years
and
has
had
a
wide
experience
In
the
field
of
petroleum
marketing.
He
is
well
known
in
marine
circles
and
for
the.
past
year
tias
been
Shell's
deep
sea
Marine
Sales
Representative
In
Vancouver.
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Prince
Rupert
to
some
SO
other
selling
agencies
in
all
other
ma-jo
cities
and
towns
Shell
is
now
serving
the
people
of
British
Columbia.
Supplies
are
moved
by
tank
train
in
the
interior,
by
tank
truck
in
the
Fraser
Valley,
and
by
oil
tanker
on'
the
coast.
Shell
agents
have
now
completed
a
link
between
here
and
Vancouver,
and
other
cities,
by
road,
rail
and
steamship
and
the
motorist
can
now
drive
al
.VI
of
B.
C.
is
to
service
all
parts
of
!
British
Columbia
that
are
ac-1
cessible
by
road,
rail
or
water;
with
the
best
that
modern
science
has
to
offer.
With
the
J
Prince
Rupert
agency
servicing
j
from
here
as
far
East
as
Prince
George
and
covering
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands,
and
south
to
i
Ocean
Falls.
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Tlie
tanker.
"M.V.
Western
Shell,"
with
a
total
cargo
capacity
of
approximately
one-quarter
of
a
million
gallons,
is
the
"supply
line"
of
Shell
products
to
the
marine
service
stations
and
logging
and
fishing
camps
on
B.
C.'s
rugged
and
beautiful
coast
line.
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These
fractionating
towers
are
part
of
the
"cracking
plant"
at
Shellburn
Refinery
where
heavy
fuel,
resulting
from
distillation
of
crude
oil,
is
subjected
to
temperatures
as
high
as
925
degrees
Fahrenheit
and
pressures
of
300
pounds
per
square
inch
a
process
which
actually
changes
the
molecular
structure
of
petroleum
to
produce
modern,
high
quality
gasoline.
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Shell
in
British
Columbia
'Tin's
major
investment
in
our
new
Sales
Agency
and
Bulk
Storage
Depot
at
Prince
Rupert
is
further
evidence
of
Shell's
continued
faith
in
the
future
growth
of
our
great
province
British
Columbia.
It
is
also
evidence
of
our
determination
to
spare
neither
monejv
nor
effort
to
provide
petroleum
products
of
the
highest
quality."
This
was
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stated
iby
N.
Y.
Knox,
vice-president
imd
general
manager
of
Sheil
Oil
Company
of
British
Columbia,
when
commenting
on
the
opening
of
the
company's
new
installation
at
Prince
Rupert.
increasing
production
of
petroleum
products
by
20.500.000
gallons
per
year,
and
at
which
time
additional
storage
tanks
were
added.
Where
in
1932
stood
one
cr.idc-
Shel)
--mmenced
marketing
;
oil
distillation
tower
and
its
operation
in
B
C.
in
the
year
j
accompanying
stora,ge
tanks.
1913,
thirty-six
years
ago.
Oper-
j
there
is
now
a
veritable
maze
ating
from
a
bulk
storage
depot
cf
processing
units,
pipes,
valves,
in
Vancouver,
in
many
respects
j
fractioning
towers
and
huge
similar
io
the
new
Prince
Ru-
tanks,
where
each
year
more
pert
Agency,
Shell
imported
re-
j
than
80,000,000
gallons
of
petro-finert
pVlroleum
products
for
leum
products
are
manufactured
marketing
in
B.C.
From
this
uufi
stored,
moricsi
!beeinnine
the
comnanv
'
Besides
having
its
own
truck
j
has
grown
to
be
the
second
largest
helming
and
Marketing1
fkrt
lo
distribute
products
mi
UlP
metropolitan
areas
of
Van-ince,
Petroliiukn
Company
in
the
prov-'
couver
aml
Victoria.
Shell
has
with
a
capital
investment
of
approximately
5,2
million
dol-!a
loet
of
railroad
tank
cars
Jars
,
,
i
for
bulk
deliveries
throughout
I
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the
interior
of
the
province.
In
1932
Shellburn
Refinery
was
i
Marine
transportation
is
widely
coiiKtrHqted
on
Burrard
Inlet,
usw
and
includes
the
coastal
pying
about
100
acres
of
wooded
tanker
"M.V.
Western
Shell,"
with
a
carrying
capacity
of
ap-
.
proximately
one-quarter
of
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hillside
(erlooking
the
beautiful
shortlint
of
Burrard
Inlet,
the
1
mimon
gallons,
and
two
barges,
new
refinery
has
steadily
grown
eacn
with
a
capacity
of
over
until
today
little
can
be
rccog-1
no.ooo
gallons.
The
"Western
nized
'of
the
original
refinery
;
shell,"
which
soon
will
be
a
unit,
Here
crude
oil
is
refined
;
familiar
sight
in
Prince
Rupert,
Opuns
7
oday
y...
.
STOCKED
WITH
A
FULL
LINE
OF
,
WORLD
FAMOUS
SHELL
PRODUCTS
(la
soli
ue
and
Lubricants
For
your
car
I
leafing
Oils
For
your
home
Petroleum
Products
For
industrial,
agricultural
and
marine
uses
Your
Shell
Agent
in
Prince
Rupert
is
Northern
Machinery
Ltd.
PHONE
778
into
aviation
and
motor
gaso
journeys
along
the
B.C.
coast
delivering
products
to
Shell
Marine
stations
and
to
the
outposts
of
B.C.
lumbering,
fishing,
and
lines,
beating
oils,
diesel
bunker
and
Industrial
fuels,
asphalt,
road
oils
and
emulsified
asphalts.
Moior
ions
ana
industrial
luori-
mining
industries
cants
iire
other
products
blend
!
fd
and
packaged
for
shipment
V.Y.
Western
Shell"
The
M.V.
"Western
Shell"
one
Immediately
after
the
war
i
years,
when
steel
and
machinery.;
wmcn
nau
ueun
unooiainaoie
lor
,
uf
the
m(jst
modern
oil
suppiy
so
long,
became
available,
a;ships
on
the
coast
is
a
ormer
modernization
and
expansion
i
Y
Q
Navy
Unker
Irom
the
program
at
Shellburn
Refinery,
;
Unilecl
slatcs
Navy
she
carries
ana
wmcn
to
aate
nas
cost
a
complement
of
18
souls
and
million
dollars,
was
initiated
;
Ls
captaincd
by
it.
C.
Laing,
a
Taking
advantage
of
processes
veteran
of
over
30
years
service
developed
during
wartime,
the
on
lne
coast.
Serving
as
Chief
first
phase
of
this
program,
in-
,
Engineer
with
the
ship
is
Allen
voving.
the
expenditure
of
$1.-
Minty
and
W.
"Bill"
White
is
600,000,
centred
around
a
new
the
first
mate,
"thermal
cracking"
unit
and
The
ship
herself
is
propelled
iliim
all
.Shell
products,
are
years
of
research
by
f'l"l,i
staff
of
petroleum
scientists.
The
Shell
name
and
Trademark
is
your
guarantee
of
quality.
YOU
CAN
BE
SURE
OF
SHELL
'polymerization"
unit,
both
of
:
by
500
horsepower
Union
engines
the
most,
modern
type,
designed
and
Is
capauie
of
carrying
for
the
production
of
high
octane
250,000
gallons
of
oil
and
gaso-
motor
gasoline.
The
second
phase
line.
Other
special
equipment
of
the,
program
was
completed
included
the
first
installation
on
this
year
at
an
expenditure
of
the
coast
of
2G8
Mariner
radar
$000,000.
when
a
new
crude
scope,
a
new
radar
direction
"f
ractipning"
unit
,was
installed,
i
finder
and
a
recordio
f
athometer
iiiiliBsiiii
as
a
pilot
in
December,
1942,
chose
Prince
Rupert
as
his
home
with
his
bride
the
former
Anne
Walker,
a
graduate
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of
the
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital
who
is
well
known
to
local
citizens.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Morgan
are
the
proud
parents
of
two
lovely
children,
Allan
age
seven,
and
Shirley,
age
six
who
are
both
attending
King
Edward
School.
Allan
Morgan
is
very
active
in
the
community
and
vitally
inter-
ested
in
sports
especially'
basketball
having
sponsored
various
teams
in
the
city.
He
Is
a
member
of
the
Masons
and
the
Canadian
Legion.
Before
starting
the
Northern
Machinery
Limited,
Mr.
Morgan
was
employed
toy
the
United
States
government
as
special
accountant.
On
his
plans
for
the
future
Mr.
Morgan
states
that
Prince
Rupert
Is
a
good
'bet
for
young
people
and
is
a
mighty
fine
city
to
call
home
Iff
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.,
Mr.'.
Allen
Morgan
manager
of
Northern
Machinery
Limited
has
just
been
appointed
to
represent,
the
Shell
Oil
Company
of
B.C.
in
Prince
Rupect.
Mr.
Morgan
after
his
discharge
from
the
R.C.A.F.