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Monsanto CAN AO A LT 0 . from Lasalle, Quebec. . DATE October 31-, 19^7 SUBJECT Replacement for Santiclzer 1100 REFERENCE AV-67-401*' TO Mr. R.S. Trump CONFIDENTIAL ccr : W.1?. Witter E.H. Toombs , ' G. Bradley R. Bridges J.. Kelly A. Parent K. McCabe J.G. Edminston J. Darby St. J.G. King . . Louis To follow with your memo of October 5> 1967 stating that Surpass Petrochemicals will no longer be in a position to supply us with toppings hard alkylate bottom as of March 1968, we are submitting a project proposal to find an alternative. . The subject was discussed with J. Darby and he agrees that one of the following might be considered': 1. DA 122A Soft Heavy Alkylate' from Escane 440 (light grade) 2. DA 123A " " " 460 (heavy grade) 3. HA 380 Heavy Alkylate synthetic as used in Santo-iube 290. St. Louis cannot evaluated these materials before 1968. . Attached is a photocopy of a letter from Imperial Oil Ltd, October l8, 1967. "k R. Fern indicated that the present value to Imperial's internal use of DA122A and DA123A is about 2 l/2p/lb. Monitoring quality, storage and handling costs could lead to a selling price of about 5^/lb. Bill Blockhaus of Surpass reported that they will fill a 4,000 gallon tank of PX-1 for the last time; Surpass can make a 10,000 gallon tank car immediately providing we pay for demurrage or storage. I 11 AV/gd A ^ VENDETTE i l; H DSW 587705 STLCOPCB4093041