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The backlog at the Ponca City C&P Plant Is 377 units as of October 30, 1980 versus 628 units one month ago. Various programs instituted by Re fining, Marketing, and Surface Transportation to Improve throughput have begun to have a positive impact. *" Hammond Distribution Facility The Cicero, Illinois Distribution Facility will formally be closed this week; and all personnel and equipment will be transferred to our new warehouse at Hammond, Indiana. Some finished bulk lube oils will continue to be pulled d'ut of the Cities Service CsP Plant at Cicero. C. B. Cleaver Pressure Tank Cars Leased to Shell Chemical Company r *f --- Last week we subleased 15 jumbo pressure tank cars to Shell Chemical Company for six months at $700 per car per month or a total of $63M. Es timated total revenue for cars subleased to outside companies in 1980 is $i63M, an improvement of $A12M over the 1980 P.O. Asphalt We met with Marv Huyser last week concerning asphalt shipments from Billings to Sheboygan. Since Sheboygan still has approximately 100M pounds of asphalt in storage, we will only ship 150M additional barrels this winter. It is not known if additional volume will be shipped else where. Muriatic Acid Dean Armstrong will be in Chicago this week inspecting the first four of twenty new acid cars being built by Union Tank Car to be leased to Conoco. The cars will then be rubber lined at Altoona, Pennsylvania. Industrial Hygiene Sampling for Vinyl Chloride at the Ponca City Railcar Shop _______________________________ ______________________ Clayton Environmental Consultants Inc. was retained by Conoco Inc. to conduct a survey for vinyl chloride concentrations at the Ponca DTH 000020! Weekly Staff Meeting Page 2 November 3, 1980 City Railcar Shop. The results indicated the concentrations are well below the permissable exposure limit established by O.S.H.A. G. A. Marchand Energy Conservation Advisory Council Meeting Larry Salyer and Greg Marchand will attend the semi-annual Energy Conservation Advisory Council meeting in Lake Charles on Wednesday, November 5. Pressure Product Requirements Greg Marchand, Lennie Martin, and Richard Kulish will meet with the Natural Gas Products Department on Monday, November 3, to discuss ' transport requirements for pressure products in the Hennessey area. National Meeting of the Society of Automotive Engineers Greg Marchand will attend the National Meeting of the Society of Automotive Engineers in Philadelphia the week of November 10. E. B. McMillan Bayou Project A coordination meeting was held October 30 in Houston with various Conoco and Monsanto personnel in attendance. Topics discussed were feedstock acquisition, inspection, logistics, and scheduling. Inland .Marine loaded the first tow for Monsanto's feedstock account on November 2 Bi-monthly coordination meetings will be held between Inland Marine and Monsanto personnel until barge scheduling is operating smoothly. J. W. Nokes St. Louis CSP Plant Owners of the l7-acre tract immediately south of the plant site are unwilling to sell for less than $10M per acre. Since the appraised value is only $2M per acre and the acreage is not required for plant construc tion or expansion, we have discontinued our efforts to purchase this land. G. R. Watson Rail Rate Reduction We have concluded negotiations with the railroads and have reduced the tank car rate on Sulfonic Acid or Slurry from Hammond to Baltimore DTH 000020903 Weekly Staff Meeting Page 3 November 3, 1900 $1.51 per cwt. effective October 18, 1980. Conoco Chemicals Marketing is pursuing a kOMM pound sales contract for this movement. DISTRIBUTION: R. W. Lee, Houston G. M. Robinson, Denver M. W. Black, Greensboro 0. H. Reilley, Overland Park J. W. Hamilton, Houston D. A. Lyle, Westlake F. L. Gannon, Houston J. L. Thompson, Houston B. J. Burke, Houston D. 0. Kem, Houston K. C. Winters, Stamford Mike Reimer, Ponca City N. B. Mavris, Houston W. E. Laughlin, Houston Joe Laskosky, Houston G. G. Draper, Houston J. F. Pinkman, Houston H. J. Trimble, Houston J. F. Cummings, Costa Mesa G. W. Roller, Houston DTH 000020904