MAKDISSI LEAVING AUGUST 7FOR STATESIDE TRAINING

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Senior Shift Dispatcher Michel ri. Makdissi. (Photo by Nasr).

Tapli1le's KJV-Dart, largest tractor-tmck model i1l the feorld, leas IIsedi1l late JII1Ie to halll Ihe 80-t01l trailer a1ld 125-1011 tllrbi1le l'an acrossthe desert from Shubah 10 Wariah. (Photo by Nasr) ,

Senior Shift D,spatcher :\llchelA. :\lakdissi lea\es BeIrut August7 on a combll1ed three-monthtraining-vacation tnp to theUnited States.

I lis special program of develop­ment training includes orientation"i its to Taphne and Aramcooffices in :\'C\\ York, a nSlt to amodern pipeline, indoctnnatlonin Washington D.C. and en­rollment in the School of PipeLine Technology, Bayto\\ n,Texas, \\ hlch is sponsored by theAPI Committee on PersonnelTrainin/'(. DivisIOn of Transporta­tion.

Spare TurbineMoved ToWariah

The spare turbine unit \\asmoved 111 late June from Shubahto Aramco's Intermediate boosterunit at \\'ariah, between . anyaand Qaisumah.

Assistant to the l\[anager ofOperations R.11. Putnam, :\lotorTransport Supenntendent \\·.P.:\[oore, C.E. & I. SupenntendentCarl Scharn, Foreman Gara/'(eE. R. Robertson and a number ofTapline mechanics and techni­cians assisted in the turbine moveand hook-up.

The overhaul of Aramco's tur­bine at \\'ariah started July 2,uSll1g Aramco personnel, andended about 10 days later.

The spare turbine continued tooperate there during the o\·erhaul.

On completion of the o\'erhaul,A ramco used both turbines July16 to conduct a hi/'(h-line pressuretest between \\'ariah and Qaisu­mah. Pipeline breaks at Km. 317and Km. 328 \\ ere reported duringthe test.

The two turbines were back in

operation at \Vanah July 19,following repair of the breaks.

The spare turbine was expectedto be moved back to Shubahin late July.

August 1966

\\'h,[e at the School of PipeLine Technology from September26 to :-':o\ember 4, :\1r. :\[akd,ss,\\ ill folio\\' a six-week coursecO\'ering a \\ ide range of educationfor pipellners. Top men in thepipeline field organize anu leadlectures, study groups and fieldtnp . PrevIous Taphne studentsof the School of Pipe LineTechnology Incluue 1-1.'1'. Jensen,C.S. Babb and Fuad Khabbaz.

Pnor to enrollment In theschool, :\ Ir. ;\Iakd,ssl \\ III \'aca­tion 111 the tates dunng the fir t25 days of September.

\\'lth Taphne since July 519H, l\lr. :\lakulssi was promotedfrom ShIft Dispatcher to Semor. hift Dispatcher 111 June 1960after ha\lng sen cd as EnglneenngAide, Instrument :\Ian, Sel1JorInstrument Man and Operator­Tank Farm.

:\ II'. :\ Iakulssl IS expected to

return to Beirut ~o\'ember 7.

TAPLINERS AREWITHIN 1966SAFETY TARGET

Se\'en Industnal dlsabhng in­Juries \\ ere sust3l11eu by Tap­hners at all work locations durin/'(the first SIX months of 1966,compared \\ ith 13 dunng theame period last year and 15

dunng the first half of 1964.

As of June 30, the frequencyrate, or number of disabling in­Juries per one million manhours ofwork exposure, stooU at 6, com­pared \\ ith 11.2 and 14 duringthe same periods 111 1965 and 1964.

The seventy rate, or number ofdays charged per one-million1l1anhours of work exposure, was136 on June 30, 1966, comparedwith 105 and 8,593 on the samedate 111 1965 and 1964, respec­tively.

The frequency rate target for1966 is six, which means thatTapliners are within the safetytarget so far.

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More than 3.7 million gallonsof asphalt have been used so faron the program. rushed materialused todate IS about 530,000cubic yards.

Tapline embarked on the pro­gram to impro"e the 826-kilo­meter main 1ll1e road parallelingItS pipeline bet" een Qaisumah,Rafha, Badanah and Turalf shortlyafter signll1g a new agreementwith the 'audl Arab Goyernmentm :\Iarch 1963.

Badallah

A.B. Bin RashId of Operationsand Repairs

K. B. Sulelman of Admll1lstratlonand General.

Belrllt

R.II. Da"is of Adl1ll1lstration andGeneral

llI1as Der- arkisslan of Engi­neering

i\\ichel G. Jiha of Engineering\'ictor E. Khanar of Purchase and

TrafficAntoine T. ledawar of Account­

II1gDr. Jacob Thaddeus of Medica

Rafha

.B. EI-Kassimi of Water Wells

Sidoll

Anis i'\. Ghanem of larineE. Greenwood of Marine

Turaif

C.S. Babb of Operations GeneralM.S. Sgra of Dining Room.

SERVICE STARSThirteen Tapliners" ere award­

ed three-star emblems in July forchalking up 15 years of continuouscompany service. Another em­ployee, l\liss Fatmeh Abu-Zahrof Badanah I !ospltal, received atwo-star insigl1la for completing10 years of sen'ice dUrlnl( thesame month.

The IS-year pll1 reCipIentswere:

urface treatment of the road isscheduled for completion in 1967.

A of July 1+, the Road Im­pro- ement Program cre" hadcompleted earthwork on a total of-83 kilometers and initial shapinl(on 577 kilometers "est of Qaisu­mah.

By the same date, the RIP cre"had applied the prime coat on56+ kilometers, the first armorcoat on 528 kilometers and thesecond armor coat on 252 kilo­meters.

ROAD PROGRESS

start July 23.The tanks, ground for con truc­

tion of "hich "as broken last]\'o,'ember 27, are no" expectedto be in operation hy mld­September.

Painting, road-paving andclean-up of the ne" tanks isscheduled for completion by Oc­tober 1.

be among the largest in use at anyoil installation in the Middle Eastand which will boost gross crudeoil storage capacity at Sidon Ter­minal by 26 per cent from3,800,000 to +,800,000 barrels,is in progress.

Water testing of '1'-129 startedJuly 9 and ended July 18. Watertesting of '1'-128 was scheduled to

.......Last stage of piping cOllllection to T-128 ,cith valve already installed and the anchor spool ready for setting illplace. All crllde oil header 'cork for T-128 u:as completed July 21 and ,vater testing of the tank started t,co dayslater. (Photo by Nasr),

O"erall work on construction ofthe two 500,000 barrel crude oilstoragc tanks at Sidon Terminalwas expected to be 89 per centcomplete by the end of July.

Work on tank erection properhad ended on '1'-128 and T -129earlier that month.

Testing "ith seawater of thetwo mammoth tanks, which will

NEW SIDON TANKS TESTED WITH SEAWATER

SlIn:ey "'orl< for the Road lmprot'emellt Program at Qaisllmah statioll got IInderzcay ill early Jllly ,Old" thesllpen'ision of Nadim •. Daher of Constrllction RIP, Badanah. _'fr. Daher ,cas assisted by .-illtOIlYIIS Salkis,YOllsef Shammas, Joseph Saikaly alld Jlahmolld Baydmci. The grollp ,cill also start establishillg the eellter line

for the maill lille road at 50 ft. inten'als alld installing traffic signs. (Photo cOllrtesy of 1.A. Rahman).

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its Terminal emphasize the 100­mile rules), the prevailing windsand currents may still carry someoil to shore.

A less common but frequentlypersistent source of oil in the seais the fuel tanks of sunken ships,such as the two "hich sank nearBeirut in recent years. Even if thefuel tanks are intact when a vesselsinks, oil will gradually find itsway to the surface through the"entillatinl( outlets leading fromthe fuel tanks. Vessel collisions, ornatural undersea seepages, mayalso on occasion contribute theirshare of pollution.

The problem of oil on thebeaches is a world-wide problem.Like most problems of suchma~nitude, it is very complex,

and has more than one cause, Itssolution depends upon all whotrm'e1 upon the sea, as well asthose" ho live and work near itsshores. There must be a dedicatedand cooperative effort to keep thesea clean and free of oil. Taplinewill continue to make its contribu­tion toward cleaner beaches byconstant attention to the effectiveprocedures now in force at itsTerminal.

Ray E. Sullivan, an interna­tionally-known lecturer on the"IIistory of Firearms" and anex-Aramcon, died recently in the

nited States at the age of 60.

He and his wife Madeline areknown to some present Tapliners,ha"ing been assigned to theTraining Center at Sidon Ter­minal from 1951 until 1957, whenthe center was closed.

PERATIONS

BEACHES"

Average BPD received at SidonAverage BPD deliyered to offtakersAverage llPD delivered to ships, Medreco

and IPC 475,028 463,918Ships loaded 55 302Average size of ships loaded: bbls. 256,600 280,600

. Pipeline throughput rallied in June to finish at 462,515 barrelsdaily, or 5,451 barrels above May's daily average.

Deliveries from Sidon to ships, Medreco and IPC averaged475,028 barrels per day during June, against 427,866 barrels daily inMay.

On June 25, the TEXACO IOWA took aboard 296 156 barrels ofcrude oil at an average loading rate of 50,799 barrels p~r hour and anali-time record one hour loading rate of 66,206 barrels. The previousone-hour loading rate record of 64,586 barrels was established lastMay 11.

Deliveries from Sidon were estimated to average 460,000 barrelsper day during July,

oily waste 'I ill not be dischargedinto the sea e\'en where this ispermitted by international agree­ments among governments.

The new technique retainswaste oil from tank cleaning onboard the ship. After tanks hayebeen washed, all the oily water ispumped into a single tank, wherethe oil and water are allowed toseparate naturally. If the wasteoil is in persistent emulsion" iththe water, special demulsifyingchemical may be used to breakup the emulsion and separate the'I ater and oil. While the tanker isfar out at sea, the clean water isdrawn otT from beneath thefloating layer of oil and is pumpedoyerboard. The oil layer is re­tained in the tank and new cargois loaded on top of it. Hundredsof tanker now u e this "Ioad-on­top" method in the i\lediterraneanas well as in other seas, andbeaches in Lebanon and aroundthe "orld 'I ill benefit from thenew technique.

Cnfortunately, we cannot ex­pect this recent action by themajor tanker operators to solvethe whole problem. There are

too many other sources of oilpollution. One common SOurce isstorm d rains and sewers fromwhich waste oils, such as lubricat­ing oils drained from engines, aredumped into the sea. Anothercommon source is the" aste oilsfrom cargo and passenger ships.These waste oils mix with waterin the ship' bilges, and must bepumped o,·erboard. While theLebanese Government has ruledthat no "essel may pump oilybilges or ballast water o"erboardwithin one hundred miles ofLebanese shores (and Tapline'sinstructions to "essels calling at

THEONbeaches ha"e been fouled by moreoil from Tapline.

What is Tapline doing to pre­vent such spIll, or if a spill doeoccur, "hat is being done to getrid of the oJ! before it reachesthe beache ' And if Tapline isnot the source of beach contamin­ation today, then where is the oilcoming from' What is being doneabout it? And can "e hope for anyimprovement? These are ques­tions to "hich Tapline has gi,'ena I(reat deal of attention. Theans" ers will be of interest toTapline employees.

The ans"er to the first questionis quite clear: no oil from Tap­line's Terminal has reached bath­mg beaches except 111 1961.Procedures to pre"ent spills havebeen cO:lstantly improved. TheCompany's marine organization istrained and equipped to deal" ithany spill" Ith the speed of a firecre", uSll1g a special chemical"hich diSSipates oil spilled onthe sea's surface. Tapline keeps15,000 gallons (57,000 litres) ofthi chemIcal on its pier at alltimes. 1\100ring launches areequipped with sprayinl( equip­ment. ere" s are trained in thetechniques of sprayinl( an oil spill.

Since 1961, Tapline has hadopportunity to use the chemicalon a fe\\ occasions 'I hen smallquantities of oil were accidentallyspilled into the sea from "esselsbeinl( loaded at the Terminal.In each instance, fast action inapplying the chemical succeededin completely disposing of the oil.Terminal personnel are constantlyon the alert to pre"ent any spil­lage of oil at the terminal andwi II maintain thei r readiness todispose of any spills" hich mightoccur.

If Taplme's Terminal is not thesource of oil in the sea, "heredoes it come from' There aremany sources. Some are connected"ith the oil industry and someare not. One source has been thetankers" hich carry crude oil orfuel oil (the black oils) through­out the "orld. These ships mustclean their tanks before they reachtheir next port of loading, and thetraditional c1eaninl( process wash­ed a substantial quantity of oiloyerboard 'I ith the cleaning water.Fortunately for beach lovers,something positive has been doneabout this phase of the problem.

By the end of 1965, most of theworld's major oil companies hadput into effect a worldwide pro­gram to prevent pollution of thesea by tankships. Under this pro­gram, which uses a ne" technique,

OIL

F, C. Najia

II

Mike Nahhal

Rose Sawdah

John Franjieh

R. M. Weeks

I. Abdul-Rohman

A. Kawar

Mrs. C. P. Booth

Kamal Abu-Zeid

Mrs. J. H. Rosquist

Editor

Reporters:

Badanah

Beirut

Ammon

New York

Qaisumah

Qaryatain

Rafha

Sidon

Turaif

Lebanon, with its pleasantclimate. delightful scenery. andbeautiful sandy beaches, offers ItScitizens and the thousands oftourists 'I hom It 'I elcomes e"eryyear recreational opportul11ties'I hlch are seldom equalled inother parts of the world, On asunny SUlnnler holiday, it some­times eems that half the popula­tion of Lebanon is concentratedalong the narro" strip of coastlinefrom Tyre to Tripoli. ObYiously,Lebanon's beaches represent animportant natural resource 'I hichattracts tOUrists to spend theirtime and money 111 Lebanon, andprondes a healthy means ofrecreation for c,"cryonc.

But the enJoy ment of a day atthe beach IS sometimes temperedby annoyance at disco-'ery ofblack oil on skll1 and clothing­oil "hlch ha been wa hed up onthe beach from the sea. \Yherehas thIs oil come from' Cansomeone do something about it'These arc questions in the mindsof those "ho find themselyesremo,ing oil smudges at the endof a day on the beach.

Cnder these Clfcunlstances, it ISnot surprlSll1g that public atten­tIOn turns toward oil industryinstallatIons 111 Lebanon, such asTapline's terminal south of Sidon.Everyone remembers the inci­dent in the summer of 1961, whenoil from a large spill at Tapline'sTerminal washed up on a numberof beaches. This spill, causedby the rupture of a submarinehose for undetermined reasons,occurred at night. and se"eralthousand tons of oil" ere releasedII1tO the sea before It could bedetected and the flow stopped.\Yhile the remnant of this spilldisappeared 'I Ithll1 a ,'ery shorttime, one may wonder if bathing

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BadanahAmal, daughter of :\Ir. and :VIr.

Issa :\ Ittrijoumana, daughter of :VIr. and

:\lrs, :\Iichel :\loussaYahya, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ali

Yahya

Qatslllllah:\luhammad, son of :\1r. and :\lrs.

Abdallah :\luhammad

TuraifHmeidi, son of Mr, and Mrs.

jaber KhleifMaher, son of Mr. and :VIrs.

Saleh. bdallah:\Iasa" daughter of :\.Ir. and :\lrs.

i\lashhour l\IutiaqSalim, son of Mr, and Mrs. l.

Ibrahim. hamsah, daughter of Mr. and

:\Irs. Su'aib l\1uhamma<;l

France wIth 26 million tons.Britall1, which took second placein 1964, fell to thltd with 24million tons.

1\10\ ements from north to southamounted to 8 million tons, or 1per cent of the toral trafficthrough the Canal. Of this total,6 million tons consisted of petro­leum products and 2 million ofcrude d, The principal sourceof the traffic continued to be the

oviet C nion, which accountedfor 5,4 mllhon tons. japan re­mained the pnncipal desllnationand receIved 3.9 million tons,followed by India with 1.7 milliontons.

SOVIET OIL: RUSSIan 011 e"portsto the Free World notched up asigmficant urgc last year andshowed ncw strength III someareas.

According to Illdustry sourcesIn London, shipments of OVItt011 hit an est,mated 44,000 b dIn 1965, a 13.7 grow th O\'er thepre\'ious year's 742,000 b, d.

The overall increase is marked­ly above the average of 11.5 0 ufor the period 1961-62, :\lajorgains have been achIeved mostlyoutSIde Europe. Delt\enes wereparticularly hIgher to Argentina,India, and Ghana. The lattercountry only started ImportingRussian oil early last year.

li .S.S. R. shIpments to the de­\'c1opl11g countnes accounted for16' of total SO\'iet exports in1965, double the figure comparedto 1963.

THEINposition of :\Iiddle East 011 ISalready being .1OlI1ed by othercompanIes. :\otably Royal DutchShell has already ordered eight175,000 deadweight ton tankers-each bigger than any tankerafloat today-and is negotiatingfor more. President L.F.j. Browerclaimed these tankers would sa\'emore than 10 cents per barrel on avoyage from Kuwait to 1\'orthwestEurope. A similar gain wouldcome from its new production inOman.SUEZ CA AL: Three-quartersof the cargo passing through theSuez Canal con ists of crude 011and petroleum products. A toralof 9,766 rankers used the Canalin 1964, and the toral fell slightlyto 9,663 111 1965.

South to north mO\'ements 111

1965 accounted for 155 milliontons of which crude oil shipmentswere 144 million tons. Theprincipal sources of the 011 re­mained, in order. Kuwait. with64 million tons, followed byIran, 40 million tons, and SaudIArabia, 30 million tons. Iraly wasthe principal destination, receiv­ing 41 million tons, followed by

INDUSTRY

TYPIfying ill mallY ,cays the development of Northem Salldi Arabia, thej/ollrishillg torcll of '.-ir'ar narc boasts a ,ul/-equipped car repair andmachille shop (above) o,mcd by cOlltractor .\lohammed Khodan. Thel>rospering to,ell is also e\pected to hat'e a nere, moderll lalilldry beilll(bllilt there bv cOlltractor Salem elf. The lalilldry bllildillg and boilerhOllse (belon') hm'e been erected on a plot of 680 sqllare meters, (Photosby Nasy) ,

Bay In the South of Ireland at acost of 28 million. The water is90 feet deep, is open all winterand the water area of 18 miles islarge enough to accommodate the

huge tankers. On an island in thebay, tanks capable of holding 7million barrels of oil will be built.

Oil men note the daring con­ception of building a terminalwhich is not close either to amarket or to a refinery. Instead,the oil will be picked up bysmaller tankers, up to 80,000 tons,and trans-shipped to Gulf's fourrefineries in Europe: in Den­mark, Ilolland, England andSpain. Thus the company has ineffect altered "the whole logisticalpattern of the oil industry byinstalling a huge reservoir ofcrude oil next door to the oil­using countries."

Gulf will also use some of thenew tanker capacity to transportoil from its :\igerian fields. Thisis expected to be about 70,000barrels a day by year end, atwhich rate 30 days productionwould be needed to fill one tanker.

Gulf Oil Company's bold com­petitive mO\'e to improve the

OILInformatioll matter reported in

this column is compiled from andbased on reports recently publishedill Anba AI-Petrol, PetrolellmTimes, JOllmal of Commerce, NewYork Times, London Times, Ecollo­mist, IVall Street JOllmal alldPlatt's Oilgram.

Bold Competitive Move: Boldsteps are being taken to reduce thecost of Middle East oil deliveredin Europe and thus to ease thetrend for Europe to favor NorthAfrican oil because of its lowertransportation cost. For example,by 1965, Libya had gained 28per cent of the West Europeanmarket.

Gulf Oil Company's startlingdisclosure that it will build sixmonster 300,000 deadweight tontankers is only one part of thatcompany's effort to keep MiddleEast oil competitive in Europe.Another innovation IS a newmethod of bulk distribution tofeed its system of refineries.

Executive Vice President I. G.Davis explained that remotelylocated Middle East oils "havelost much of their competitiveposition due to the cheaper pro­duction or transportation cost ofnew oil invading the markets" ofEurope. The executive said thathis company's plans would makeoil from Kuwait "competitive incost with crude oil delivered toEuropean ports from any oil fieldyet discovered."

The company's first step wasthe spectacular tanker order forships twice the size of the largestin service. Each of the new tank­ers is estimated to cost over 20million, can carry 2.2 millionbarrels of oil and can make thetrip from Kuwait to Europe sixtimes a year.

The company did not publishsavings but a leading financialjournal pointed out that a 30,000ton vessel would require 43shillings per ton, a 100,000 tonvessel 22 shillings per ton, and thenew tankers only 17 shillings perton.

The huge ships, which require74 feet of draft, cannot go throughthe Suez Canal which will ha\'e alimit of 40 feet even after deepen­ing in 1970. They will thereforemake the journey from Kuwaitaround Africa and to Europe, around trip of 22,000 miles.

Today there is no place inEurope capable of serving the newtankers. Therefore the secondpart of the plan is to build a newcrude oil terminal at Bantry

THE

summer.Expected to start in August,

extension of the Turaif Hospitalinvolves the construction of out­patient clinic wings over an areaof 2,640 square feet.

Completion of five Saudi I lomeOwnership Plan houses duringthe first half of 1966 raised thenumber of S.ll.O,P. houses builtor acquired along the 'Line to 183.

Tapline's Saudi Home Owner­ship Plan enables interested andeligible employees to obtain new,good quality and durable homesthrough a deferred payment pro­gram.

Of the 183 homes acquired Orbuilt and accepted by mid-1966,62 are at Turaif town, 69 at'Ar'ar, 31 at Rafha town and 21at Qaisumah town.

On ] uly I, 14 more dwellingswere being built near pumpstation sites at Turaif (two),'Ar'ar (seven), Rafha (two) andQaisumah (three).

There were 54 active applicantsfor the plan at midyear.

Meanwhile, layout for construc­tion offour AH-13 houses of threebedrooms each started at Turaifstation on july 9. The fourprojected AH-13's will replaceportable houses at the station andare slated for completion nextjanuary.

Work on expansion of TuraifHospital facilities and the con­struction of 25 tool houses and asand-control barrier wall in thefamily housing area at the Arabianheadquarters for the 'Line isscheduled to start later this

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of the Lebanese Order of Meri t.

Born in Scottsbluff, Tebraska,and reared in Denver, Colorado,:\Ir. Goodyear obtained his LL.B.degree from the Uni\'ersity ofSan Francisco. lIe was a memberof the State Bar of California andthe Bar A sociation of San Fran-CISCO.

:\Ir. and :\Irs. Goodyear, whohave been buried in Dhahran, aresurvived by their two daughters,Mercedes, 26, and Carmen, 21,to whom Tapliners extend sincerecondolences and deepest sym­pathies.

VYord has been recei\'ed of thedeath of Louis E. Goodyear, 57,and his wife Helen in a motoraccident near Dhahran on july 8.

Ir. Goodyear was a SeniorLaw Counsel of Aramco 111

Dhahran and served 111 thatcapacity for Tapline on severaloccasions. He wa stationed inBeirut for two years from 1955until 1957 as Tapline's Coun el.Following his Tapline sen'ice,Mr. Goodyear was decorated byDr. Charles Malek, then Leba­non's Foreign Affairs Ministerwith the Gold Medal, First Class,

GOODYEARS KILLED IN CAR

Layollt for construction of fOllr AH-13hollses of three bedrooms each started at Tllraif station on Jllly 9. (Photoby Nasr).

A soccer team representing Qmsllmah, both statioll alld ton'n, played a t'isiting sqllad flOm Hafr el-Batin to ascoreless draw on July 8. Shon'lI abot'e are the t,eo sqllads before the kickoff. (Photo cOllrtesy of I.A. Rahman).

ACCIDENT NEAR DHAHRAN

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The retirement from Tapline of Gate Attendant Patroillcan K. Taki (second from left) and Dri~'er 1. Dabaghi(third from right) teas celebrated at Sidon Terminal on JlIne 30 at a Ilincheon party attended by, left to right,Operations and lIlaintenance Foreman A. Faddolll, Terminal Sliperintmdl nt A. A. Brickhollse, AssistantSlIper;'ltendent-SllOre F. Najm and Assistant Foreman-Gweral SErvices R. Khat/ar. (Photo by SOllSSi).

RafhaThe swimming pool has been

the center of Rafha's activities thismonth. On July 13, lVlr. and Mrs.Tony Vcrhoeven entertained allthe station's tiny tots at a part)celebrating their son Robin'sfifth birthday.

On July 7, Mrs. F.II. Giesekingand Mrs. \V. K. Despain gave aparty at the pool to celebrate theanniversaries of daughters \'alerieand Wendy.

Earlier on June 29, a party washeld for all members of the RafhaSw imming Pool Association. TheEntertainment Committee, headedby l'vlrs. :vI. T. \'an Oosten andMrs. E. C. Olsen, planned theexcellent menu of Shish Kebab,potato salad and baked beans­all cooked by the ladies.

:vIr. and Mrs. Tony Verhoevenare off to Holland on vacation.

Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Olsen andchildren have also departed onlong stateside leave. Mr. Olsen'splans are to attend a fire­fighting course at Texas A. & M.before returning here.

Steve Booth is spending thesummer vacation with his parentsat Rafha.

Mr. & lrs. L. S. l\Iacl'\eishcelebrated their first weddinganniversary recently with a dinnerparty.

Good luck to Jimmy O\'ersteegon his transfer to Qaisumah andwelcome to Dirk .De Vries, onhis tranfer to Rafha.

Welcome aboard to Dr. Mu­hammad Zafer Kayali, who hasjoined Rafha's medical taff re­cently. Dr. Kayali hails fromJordan and is a recent graduateof the School of Medicine at theAmerican uni\'ersity of Beirut.

Leaves have ended for S.Othman, S. Ahmad, S. Jem'anand A. Zaino They have startedfor M. Mutailek and S. Yahya.

BeirutPresident W. R. Chandler re­

turned from vacation July 7.

Executive \'ice President \V. E.Locher, Vice President-Govern­ment Relations R. M. Henry,

R. C. 1Iill and M. A. Kearneyvisited Turaif and Badanah June27-28.

D. S. Dodge, Mana[(er ofGovernment Relations-\\'esternCountries, will be on vacationbetween June 28 and approxi­mately August 7.

R. E. Marsh, Manager ofGO\'ernment Relations-SaudiArabia, returned to Beirut July10 from a trip to Badanah. Mr.Marsh completed his annual leaveJune 23.

Dr. F. I1iya returned to BeirutJuly 6 from a short business tripto Rafha and Badanah.

Dr. J. Thaddeus, Tapline'sMedical Director, was in Badanahon business, July 9-13.

Coordinator Purchases A. Y.Noujaim made an o\'ernight tripto Rafha July 5-6 with H. M.Gelston of Turaif and C. Perkinsof Richmond Export Co., N.Y.,

to inspect implementation of theper onal effects policy.

J. Howard Rambin, Chairmanof the Board of Texaco, and Mrs.Rambin arrived in Beirut July 8en route from Teheran to theC'nited tates. Before departingfor London on the 9th, Mr. and:\lrs. Rambin \'isited Sidon Ter­minal and the Medreco Refinery.

Drs. P. B. Mossman and 1. S.Alio and Mr. F. 1-1. Pretsch ofAramco's Medical Departmentwere in Beirut to participate in thesecond Annual Middle East En­vironmental Health Symposiumheld at AUB July 5-9. AssociateMedical Director Dr. A. Ghanmaalso attended the symposium.

I larry McDonald, General Ma­nager, Aramco Government Rela­tions arrived in Beirut July 20.lie visited pump stations alongthe 'Line from July 23 to 27 withVice President-Government Rel­tions, R. M. Henry and R. E.

Marsh, l\lanager - GovernmentRelations, Saudi Arabia.

QaisumahRecent transfers to Qaisumah

involve General Services Fore­man ]. F. Chaplin, formerly ofSidon; Senior Radio Technician1-1. Gottschalk, formerly ofTuraif;Ali Saleh, formerly of Rafha; a,dLead Diesel Gas Turbine Tech­nician J. Oversteeg, formerly ofRafha. M r. Oversteeg replacesD. A. Devries, who has moved tothe latter station.

L. K. Van Del' Pauwert ofTuraif, H. Mekenkamp of Rafhaand II. Soley of Badanah were inQaisumah recently for work inconnection with the ergines foun­tion at the pumphouse.

Mr. and Mrs. Franz F. VanEysden of Beirut were here inJuly on temporary assignment.

Dr. Aram Barsamian of Bada­nah is relieving Dr. C. M. Soul­ban, who is on temporary assign­ment at Badanah Hospital.

Mr. & Mrs. H. J. Siotboom leftQaisumah July 6 for leave inHolland. F. M. Gieseking ofRafha is relieving Mr. lotboom

in Qaisumah.Other Qaisumah vacationers

this month are G. E. Meda,Abdullah Muhammad, Muham­mad Mubarak, Muhammad Suf­feri and M. M. Khalaf.

SidonTEXACO Board Chairman and

Mrs. J. Howard Rambin visitedSidon Terminal and the MedrecoRefinery July 9. They were ac­companied by President W. R.Chandler, Terminal Superinten­dent A. A. Brickhouse and Med­reco's General Manager J. E.Creecy.

A playoff on July 10 gave L. A.Ford the Monthly Golf Medalfor June with a net of 72 for 18holes, against A. A. Brickhouse'snet of 77. Both players had beendeadlocked at 68.

Assistant Superintendent-Ma­rine A. D. Odegaarden and Moor­ing Master M. K. Nesheim lefthere July 9 on annual leave.During the absence of Capt.Odegaarden, Marine activities re­garding mooring masters and thehandling of ships will be assumedby Capt. Brickhouse. Other rou­tine matters were handled byMarine Maintenance ForemanDirk Schipper until his departureon annual leave July 28, at whichtime routine matters of this naturewere turned over to Pier ForemanF. Chamieh.

J. F. Chaplin transferred July 1from Sidon to Qaisumah toassume the position of GeneralServices Foreman.

Dera'a Foreman Rateb Bustanivisited the Terminal July 6 onCompany business.

Mooring Masters 1. Ross andW. Ludvigsen are off on holiday.Capt. E. E. Greenwood has mean­while returned from vacation.

Congratulations to Gate At­tendant-Patrolman t. Majdalanion his June wedding.

Welcome to Soubhi Sidani,formerly of General Office Serv­ices, Beirut, on his July 1 transferto Sidon Terminal as seaman.

Capt. M. Rutherford topped afield of 13 golfers July 3 to win theMonthly Golf Medal for July withan outstanding net of 62 for 18holes.

Mrs. A. A. Brickhouse is back

to the fold follow ing a two-weektrip to Turkey and Greece.

Charles Williams and PatCampbell of Williams Rrothersvisited the Terminal last monthwith F. \\'. :\'ew.

BadanahMr. & Mrs. H. 1'. Jer.sen,

daughter Valia and son Eric areoff to Paris, where they joinedsister Altha before leaving to theUnited States.

Dr. Rifa'at Dagher and Dr.Suheil Othman returned to theirfunctions at the American Uni­versity Hospital following a briefassignment at the Badanah I10s­pital.

Dr. Yacoub Inati, who is anew hire, arrived in Badanah July9.

Ra'fat Farah is back from holi­day in Lebanon. Mr. Farah hadleft here with his fiancee, Mi sGeorgette Angelina. Miss An­gelina has left the field perma­nently.

In Badanah for the summerrecess are Mona, Rima and SalmaTurk, James Soley, May, Mun­tassel' and Maher Abdul-Rahman,and George, Sami and RamziKhouri.

Dr. and Mrs. C. Soulban anddaughter Graziella are here fromQaisumah on temporary assign­ment.

Congratulations to Emile Azarof Medical, Rafha. on his recentengagement to Miss VioletteAbou Sawan.

The list of Badanah \'aca­tioners include Bert :\'ederlof,Dr. Aram Barsamian, Mi s RimaBakakelian, )Jabih Awad, J. Grim­bergen, Miss H. :\'ersis and :\lissClaire Sayegh.

TuraifRobert W. Bowe has been ap­

pointed Government RelationsCoordinator-Turaif (Acting), ef­fective July 6. Concurrent withMr. Bowe's appointment, C.l1.Feldman departed the zone ofoperations permanently.

Mohammed S. Thabet is cur­rently Acting Company LaborRelations Representative in Saudi

Arabia.Fahad Suleiman departed on

vacation July 2.Congratulations to Order Con­

trolman Ziad Baassiri and hisbride Amal on their June wedding.Following a wedding reception at

Khalde and a two-week honey­moon in Lebanese and • yriansummer resort , the couple set uphousekeeping In Tur3lf tow n.Shortly after theIr arri\'al, thenew 1)'\\ eds entertained Z,ad'Storehouse colleagues and fnendsat a successful gathenng.

lVlr. and l'vlrs. R. D. 1Ionour,formerly of Turaif, inform theIrTapline friends that they are onthe move again. Their new addressis: 108 Falcon Lane; West Chest­er, Pennsylvania 19380.

Mrs. E. R. Robertson enter­tained Mesdames I I. 1Iargrove,W. Despain, E. Olsen and II.Soley at dinner on June 19. Theladies were in Turalf for theSenior Staff School Achie\'ementTest. Coffee and refreshmentsfollowed.

A dinner party was held at theCommuni ty Center the follow ingday in honor of :\Irs. Turnelle,of the Amencan Communtt)School, who was here for theAchie\'ement Test. FolIO\\lng thedinner, coffee and refreshmentswere sen'ed at the home of :\1 r.and :\Irs. C. f I. I lardw ick.

Rafha and Badanah chrldrenarrived here for the tests wereSte\'e oley, Ste\en Gray andSuzanne Quint of Badanah andDebbie Olsen, Wendy and DebbieDespain of Rafha.

In Turaif for the summer holi­days are J im Soley, Ste\e Kearney,Pat Babb, Don and Danny Faber,Linda Van Del' Pauwert, MirionRobertson, Dorothy Gysen, Rickyand Neal , orton, Ken Putnam,Charles Babb Jr. and \'ictor,

like, Iary, l\Iario and :\lireilleI-Ianna.

Mrs. R. L. Crosthwait left hereJuly 10 with plans to spend oneweek in England, where sheintended to join daughter CarolynSue, 12, who has completed grade6 at Bredenburg St. Peters, choolin Herfordshire. :\1r. Crosthwaitwill be joining :\Irs. CrosthwaItand Carolyn in the u.S. later.

Miss Linda Blanch, entertainedher teenager friends at a cake andrefreshments party thi month.

:\1r. and l'vlrs. C. II. Ilardwickheld a farewell party for the C. I I.Feldmans July 3. The Feldmansleft the field permanently July 6.Mrs. J. M. Gysen and Mrs. J. L.Stephens held a brid/{e and dessertparty for the Feldmans on July 5.

\Velcome to ir. and Mrs.Salim K. Najjar on their transferto Turaif from Rafha followingvacation.

The A. \'erhoe\'ens arc backin Turaif from holiday. Otherscurrently on vacation arc the I. L.Stephens, A. 1\1. Christmans, J. H.Rosquists and Mrs. J. L. Koen­reich and children. l\1r. Koenreich

will be joinin/{ his family m •ewYork in August.

The Fourth of July wa celeb­rated at the swimmmg pool withfireworks, hotdogs, hamburgersand refreshments. The chefs wereC. S. Babb, T. J. Loughran andC. 11. lIard\\lck.

L. Brisco IS WIth us againfollow ing assignment at Badanahand Qaryatain.

Taphne's new color movie"Journe) Through AncientLands" was shown to Turaifemployees and their famihes July6, 7 and 8.

Celebratrng theIr bIrthdays inJuly were Ricky :\'orton, LauraZiady, Ruth Christman, PeggyKearney, :\1. :'\orton, BrendaI-Iard\\lck and John and KathyKoenrelch.

\\'eddrng anniversa/'les werecelebrated during the month bythe J. :\1. Gysens, E. R. Robert­

sons, :\1. :'\assers, J. II. Rosquist.A. :\. Z13dy's .1I1d B. Gueyikians

\\'eddrng congratulations aredue for Abdallah I-Irndl, J erwan:\luarn'j and Dughalm :\Iussawel.

Ali Iliial resumed h,s functionsat the Central Storehouses in Julyfollow ing a rehef asignment atBadanah.

l'vluhammad Saleh Ruma,h ofthe Central :\ lechaJ1lcal hopreturned July 9 from a one-yeartraining assignment in Dhahran.

The one-year training assign­ment of Sa,ed Ah Ghamidi ofC. E.& I. has also ended. 1\11'. Ghamidlis now on holiday in his home­tow n at Ghamid.

i\ayef l\luneef Abdallah and:\luhammad Swalket are ofT onemergency leave to Amman.

Abdul Rahman Sayer, formerlyof the Central :\lechal1lcal Shop,has left the field permanently \\lthplan to jom the Pohce College rnRiyadh.

S. Sahou, of the C.:\1.S., andIbrahim al-:\luneef, Rehcf Sta­tion Office Super\'lsor, ha\'e alsoleft the field permanently. :\1r.Sahou intend to continue h,srntellectual purSUits. Ibrahim,who was feted at a farewell partyJuly 12, \\111 be lea\lng for Beirutto sit for the SupplementaryExamination on General Account­ing to obtain the Office ManagerDiploma before \'acationing inJordan and proceeding to Jeddah,where he will join the SAGservice.

Muhammad Khalil is with usagain follow ing leave in Beirut,where he sat for the first yearexam in Law at the Beirut ArabUniversity. !\Ir. I,halil is ActingStation Office Supe/'\'isor duringOthayeb lutlaq's relief assign­ment as Acting As istant Coordi­nator Services.

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NORTON COMPLETES 25 YEARS OF SERVICE

Try to be aware of potentialdangers. As you work in thehouse or the yard, be consciousof the little things around youthat could lead to trouble.Imagine what you might doif you were a child.

• Try to slow down and takeextra precautions when you areunder pressure and things beginto go wrong. Everyday troublesset the stage for accidents. Manyoccur when members of afamily are worried or ill.

• Protect your child; but don'toverprotect him to the extentthat he is unaware of dangers.Gradually, he must learn toprotect himself.Don't rely on discipline orwarnings to prevent accidents inpre-school children. A child'smemory is short and he can'tremember an explanation of adanger or realize its meaning.Many accidents occur becauseparents think they have"taught" very young childrenabout dangers.Try to understand your child'sneeds at each stage of his growthand development. Anticipate,if you can, what he might beable to do next.If an accident does occur, don'tunderestimate the injury. Theaccident study shows that fewerthan fifty percent of the parentswere even "very concerned lJ

about the injury at the time itwas discovered, regardless ofits severity.Observe the situation carefullybefore doing anything. Tograb up a child with frac­tures, hemorrhage or internalinjuries and rush to the hospi talmay compound his injuries.

• Keep "candy" aspirin and othermedicines out of reach of chil­dren. Do not store poisons inanything but their originalcontainers, well marked. Storekerosene, lye, cleaning agents,ammonia out of reach of chil­dren.

• Maintain electric curds in goodcondition and have your unusedelectric outlets filled with dum­my plugs.

• Have your second-story win­dows properly screened or bar­red to keep your child fromfalling out.

(Excerpts from Accident Hand­book, published by the ChiLdren'sHospitaL MedicaL Center, Boston,Mass.).

GOLDEN RULESFOR FAMILYSAFETY

ailing Baton Rouge, Loui­siana, his point of origin, Mr.Konon transferred to Taplinefrom Standard Oil Company of

'ew Jersey in November 1963.lie and his \\ ife Marguerite are

the proud parents of three sons­Laurence T. Jr., 18, Raymond:\eal, 16 and Donald Ricky, 14.

An a\'id bridge player, M r.Konon \\ as a member of theTuralf team to the 1\1aster'sAward Tournament held at theTapline poning Club in Beirutlast April.L. T. Norton

Prize feiuners at the July -I party in Badanah frere, from left, standing, Suleiman Sal/ollln, .\Irs. E. Chalhoub,.\lrs. .\1. Khonry, E. Chalhoub, James Patrick Soley, and, kneeling, .11. Abdul-Rahman, .Way Abdul-Rahman,Stet'e Soley and .\lona Turk. (Photo by Nasr).

A party fms git'en at the neimming pool in Badanah on July 1 to celebrate, three-days in adz'anu, the 190thAmerican Independence Day. Games, hot dogs, hamburgers and refreshments marked the successful et·ent. (Photoby SaST.).

On July 28, Laurence T. Kor­ton, Foreman 1\1achine Shop,Turaif, completed a quarter of acentury of service with Tapline,affiliated and parent companies.

Mr. orton, 48, joined EssoStandard Oil Company, LouisianaDivision, as first class machiniston July 28, 1941, transferring toLago Oil and Transport Co., Ltd.,Aruba, 1 '.A., in January 1956 asForeman-l\Iachines. He was sub­sequently promoted to Zone Fore­man and Assistant Zone Super­visor.