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conoco Interoffice Communication To : R. E. Lehmkuhl From : G. G. Draper Date : June 16, 1977 subject : ABERDEEN WEEKLY PROGRESS REPORT PRODUCTION SUMMARY, MM Lbs. Week of 6/8 thru 6/14 Week No. 23 Actual Production 1977 Weekly Average Monthly Cumulative Thru 6/14/77 Resin H & BC Grade Plasticizer Dry Blend Compound Off-Grade 3.26 1.2% .27 .70 .62 0% 3.69 1.3% .14 .74 .47 .6% 6.68 1,8% .54 1,61 1.28 .9% SAFETY There were no injuries during the reporting period. VCM DOSIMETRY 8 samples were taken and all were below 0.5 ppm. VINYL UNIT Rate at 466 M lbs. per day at 98.8% customer grade. Made 84 batches of 5385, 5425 and 5446, at 85% Type I. Reactor stream factor for the week was 96.3%. Open warehouse space is now approximately 2.6 MM pounds. The vinyl unit encountered a major particle size control problem on resin types beginning 6/14. The resin being produced is being monitored on a batch by batch basis with suspending agent levels being adjusted accordingly. Resin Produced Compound/Dry Blend Usage Bagged Resin Orders Resin Debagged Resin Inventory: Packaged Prime Bulk Loaded Cars TOTAL M Pounds 3,259 918 0 3,295 872 41,952 2,768 996 45,716 DTH 000052279 \ R. E. Lehmkuhl Aberdeen Weekly Progress Report June 16, 1977 Page 2 VCM RESIDUALS Resin Shipments Average All Prod. .22 5385 .26 COMPOUND UNIT Line I operated one day during the week at a 51 M pound per day rate. Production included 45541 green 347 and 348 for Master Fence. Line III operated six days averaging 94 M pounds per day. Low rates were affected by number of product changes required and by slow drying of the compounds. "H" grade for the week included 3.4 M pounds of paper contaminated 35441 black. Compound Inventory M Pounds Packaged Bulk Loaded Cars "BC" "H" 4,267 7 0 252 347 Dry Blend operated 7 days averaging 100 M pounds per day. Rates were affected by continued quality testing of each blender and by maintenance on the laboratory brabender. Dry Blend Inventory M Pounds Packaged Bulk Loaded Cars 7 115 237 Plasticizer ran 4 days averaging 67 M pounds per day. Quality was hampered by problems of high color in all plasticizers produced during the first two days of the week. The high color was found to be caused by high color phthalic anhydride received from Stepan Chemical. Stepan has indicated that at least two shipments to Conoco had been contaminated by a hot oil system leak. A complaint will be issued to Stepan as soon as possible. G. G. Draper GGD/cjt c: HRF, TGS, CLS, CEZ, Darlene Howell DTH 000052280