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Vol. 16 • No,S. TRANS-ARABIAN PIPE LINE COMPANY, BEIRUT, LEBANO
The t,co 500,000 barrel crllde oil storage tanks IInder constructioll at Sidon Terminal. By .Hay 13, tank T-129 11/ backgrollnd ,ras repo/ted 65 percentcomplete. Tank T-128 in foregrollnd ,ws reported 25 percfllt complete. (Photo by Nasr).
Construdion of Two Sidon Tanks Proceeds at Accelerated Pace
Three Badanah Tapliners Commended for Safety
Sel1lor Shift Foreman Lafi Smf presenting the safety otrards to,/rom left,..... ,. A del, .\1. Sadian and S. Ou'aid of Badll/llIh. (Photo by Xasr).
\Vork on construction of two500,000 barrel crude oil storagetanks at Sidon Terminal IS progressing at an accelerated pace.
By mid-May, or five and a halfmonths after ground for construction of the two tanks was broken,the first tank was reported 65 percent complete and the secondtank, 25 percent.
The contractor, C. B. ErectorsLimited, is shooting to completethe bulk of the work by June 30.The tanks could thus be put inoperation by Aug. I, approximatelya month ahead of schedule.
Added to the twenty 180,000barrel tanks in the hill Tank Farm,and the two 100,000 barrel ranksin crude sen-ice on shore, the newtanks will boost gross crude oilstorage capacity from 3,800,000to 4,800,000 barrels.
These will be among the largesttanks presently in use at any oilinstallation in the Middle East.Each tank "ill have a diameter of253 feet and a height of 56 feet.
The new tanks will be locatednortheast of the present TankFarm, on land acquired severalyears ago for possible Tank FarmexpansIOn. They wIII tIe into thepresent Tank Farm mal1lfold byextending one of the existing 30
Inch lines.
The additional storage capacityis expected to ofTel' several important advantages in the operation of the pipeline. Occasionsfrequently arise during long portclosures caused by winter stormswhen pi~e'ine throughput mustbe reduced because of full tanksat Sidon. These occasions should
Shift Foreman Saleh OWald,Shift Operator :\Iusabeh Adcl andSenior Operator :\luhammad Sadian ha"e been commended forextinguishing, m less than aminute, a fire in the Caterp"larbooster pump area at Badanahpumphouse on 1\lay 7.
Se,'eral minutes before 01 :00
be much less frequent after theadditional storage is in service.Also, following long port closuresthere have been frequent occasions when the large number oftankers standing by during thest::>rm ha"e rapidly depleted theavailable crude when the stormwas over and loading resumed.
in the morning Qwuid was inspecting the central fuel filters.Looking up, he noticed a redreflection on water tanks '1'-3 and1'-8. Turning around, he sawflames at the Caterp"'ar boosterpump area. "'hen he reached thearea, uD" Caterpillar was burn
ing.
\'essels arriving thereafter frequently sustained long and costlydelays while awaiting crude oil.The additional storage is expectedto reduce such delays, therebyImpronng the turnaround of tankers calling at SIdon, and thusmaintaining the position of Sidonas an effiCIent loadmg termmal.
The flames were abou t 10ft.high and coming from the vee ofthe engme.
About the same time, Adel andSadIan arrl\·ed. Owald told Sad ianto sound the fire alarm. lie thenproceeded wIth Add to extmguishthe fire.
Saleh closed the fuel valve tothe engine, while Adel used a drychemical fire extinguisher to putout the fire. They then used awater spray to cool the engineand prevent a reflash of the fire.Lack of fuel caused the engine tostop and the three men broughteverythmg under control mrecord tiiTIC.
Their actIOn was commendedby the station and hy the Managerof OperatIons and they were laterpresented wIth safety awards bySenior Shift Foreman Lafi :\aif.
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KELBERER MAKES SAfETY PRESENTATIONS TO BADANAH STATION
"In 196+ and 1965, Badanah
"These cakes were baked 10SaudI Arabia by American families living at the pump stationsalong the pipeline across thedesert. They were R(m n to Beirutespecially for the na\'y canteen.Those families extend a warmwelcome to the men of the SixthFleet...
That's what the sign at thecake table said. The day chai rmen, Mr. and Mrs. I I. Janotta andall of the shift chairmen wish tothank American families alongthe 'Line for helping to make"Tapline Day" at the canteen agreat success. Over 5000 sailorsvisited the canteen that day.
Belated Thanks
A meeting for StatIon SuperIOtendents w'as held m Rafha :\Ia~
1+ to d,scuss the 1967 operationsbud!(et proposals.
J. J. Kelberer. ~I. -\. I,earney,lIenry J lelou, J. II. Arnold, C. S.Rabb, II. T. Jensen and G. A.I learn attended.
A sundar meding wIth theCentral Fa<.ilitils SUpl rvisors was
held 10 Turaif on ~ la~ 15.
Budget Talks
Sidon TermlOal's fire truck anda group of volunteer employeespartIcIpated m extin!(uishing asenous fire which broke out April2+ in a dow ntow n lumber plant0\\ ned by l\lohammad I3attah ofSidon.
The company truck and thevolunteer crew were tllspatched tothe scene immediately after theterminal recei"ed the request forhelp from the Go\ernor of SouthLebanon shortly after mldOlght.
The fire, whIch caused consIderable matenal damage, estimated at about L1. !OO,OOO. wasextmgulshed at about + a.m.
In additIon to the Tapllne tiretruck, there wne at the fire SItethe ~ledreco truck and threetrucks from the BeIrut Fire Bn!(ade as well as Army and :,donCinl Defense fire crew s.
The Tapllne \'()Iunteer crewwas headed by OpnatlOns and~IaintenanceForeman A. A. Faddou!, who was aSSlstt'd by FireInspector I,. Skemi, F. Charmeh,~1. Taleb, Ahmad Aha, II. Saftieddme and ~1. I ".IaZl.
TERMINAL TRUCKAND FIRE CREWFIGHT BLAZEIN SIDON
vehicles. Parts and accessoriesare obtained from Jeddah andKuwait.
The old tire shop still stands. Italso houses a service garage forgreasing and oil change.
Any plans for the future'Sure. They include the installation of an hydraulic lift and gassen"ice station.
in 1955.The program to improve the
Main Line Road and the increased Row of traffic have gradually raised demand for autoparts. The store's turnover hastripled in about two years.
You can find anything frombatteries to shock absorbers andspray paint. The shop catersmostly to Ford and Mercedes
RAFHA TOWN BOASTS AUTO SPARE PARTS SHOP
What started 11 years ago as asmall corner shop in Rafha townfor repairing Rat-tires has nowgrown into a big store "ith animpressive stock of auto spareparts.
Jointly-owned by Rafha's Motor Transport lechanic SalehGhannam and his brother Muhammad, who runs the day-to-daybusiness, the store was founded
Rafha 1101~ boasts this .~ell-eqllipped aI/to spare parts shop. (Photo by Nasr).
The fire site ill Sidoll city. (Photo by SOllssi).
9. Rafha tation.ince the working hazards differ
from one unit to the other, eachof the nine units competing in theprogram is jud!( d on its ow nsafety standing and improvementof its own safety experience. Eachunit, in other words, competeswith itself, trying to improve itssafety record from one year to theother.
The measures of each unit'ssafety standing, as adopted byTapline, are the frequency andseverity rates of industrial disabling injuries incurred per onemillion man hours c f \',ork exposure durin!( a given calendaryear.
In this intra-station type ofcontest, Tapline has set up astandard of performance whicheach unit has to match or surpassin order to qualify for an annualsafety experience award-the President's Letter of Safety Achi<:\'ement.
To be awarded such a letter, acompany unit must achie\'e aminimum 20 percent impro\'ement in the frequency and se\'erityrates of disabling work inJuricsO\'er the best record achievementin any of the three previous calendar years.
The letter is also presented toany unit which, at the end of acalendar year, maintains a perfectrecord from the year before.
Individual prizes are given toeach employee in a unit which hasearned a President'a Letter ofSafety Achie\·ement. Such individual prizes are intended tosen'e as safety reminders and m·centives rather than material 10
ducements.
By setting such standards ofperformance to judge this type ofintra-station safety competition,Tapline believes that particularemphasis is laid on the responsIbilities of employees and super\·isors to cooperate in a\'oidingaccidents. It is also believcd thatthis type of safety contc t pro\'ides a fair basis of competitionamong the various working unitswhich have different safety
hazards.
Tapline's Safety Award Program has a second kind of com·petition-the interstation typewhere all of the nine Tapline unitsstrive to earn the Manager of
Operations Safety Trop~y.The trophy is presented to any
unit which at the end of a calendaryear experiences the best safetyrecord in the combined results ofwork injury frequency and se\'e
rity rates.
the !(olf championship. Win or
lose, no one is hurt.". 'ow let's look at what we do
when we take a chance or make a
bet on safety."Assume you bet that you can
work around a piece of machinerythat has an open fan belt. Youtell yourself that you know thehazard and that you will be careful, that you will not make amistake, that you will not make aslip and, most important, thatyour fellow workcr will notice thishazard and a\'oid it.
":-low think what you arewagering-a finger, a hand, anarm or a life ... Don't btt your life,you nlay lose it..."
Tapline's Safety Award Program is designed to maintain employees' interest in accident prevention, to stimulate their safetythinking and practices, and todevelop teamwork to attain thecommon !(oal f cor.tinuoL:s improvement in the safety experience.
The awards CO\'er industrywide reco!(nition of outstandingaccident pre\'emion efforts by theAmerican P~tlo'eum Institute andthe :\ational :'afety Council, and acompany-w ide recognition ofsafet~ impro\ement by Management.
For the purpose of recordin!(safety e·,periences and details ofthe Safety Award Program, tl'.ewhole Tapline organization isdivided into nine units or workingareas:
I. Bcirut DamascusAmman.
2. Sidon Shore Operationsand Dera'a.
3. idon Marine Operations.+. Turaif Central Facilities.5. Turaif. tation.6. Qaryatatn Station.7. Qaisumah Station.8. Badanah. tation.
M. A. Kearney, F. Najm, J. J. Kellberer and n. T. Jensen during thepresentation of safety armrds to Badanah station. The ,\tanager ofOperations Safety Trophy is in foregrollnd.
was the only statIon in Tapline toquahfy for the annual saf ty
award."You completed the year 1965
without sustaining a single industrial disabhn!( injury. Thisperfect record is quite an improvement O\'er the record of1961, when Badanah suffered sixdIsabling injuries.
" 'ow let's look behind therecord. The record is only anindication of what you haveachieved. The real achievemer.tis the saving of human life andhuman suffenn!(, the eliminatienof the a!(onies and frustraticnsuffered by the families andfriends of the injured and, lastbut not least, the elimination oflost production ...
"I am confident that thisexcellent safety aehie\'ement is ...the result of your sustained effonsto \\ork safely and to cle~r yourwcrk location from unsafe workingeonditior.s. Aehie\ in!( this goal oflno-injuries' is not an easy job.You probably know that by no'.\better th3n anybody else. It requires continuous efforts on thepart of everybody concernedsupervisors and workers alike. Itis not accomplished through spor
adic efforts which are applied fcra while and then forgotten ...
"I t took you four years, from1962 to 1965, to reach this goal.Your probl 01 now is how tomaintain this perfect record andhow to stay safe. This is not goin!(to be an easy job you mustaccept this challenge .
"Before closing, I would like tolea\'e with you a thought whichmight hclp you to maintain yourexcellent safety record.
"You all know what it "'eans tomake a bet. You bu your friendsthat Badanah wdl beat Raf!:a infootball or that Badanah will win
F. C. Najia
M.ke Nahhal
Reporters:
Badanah
Editor
Beirut Rose Sawdah
Amman John Franjieh
New York R. M. Weeks
Qaisumah I. Abdul·Rahman
Qaryatain A. Kawar
Rafha S. K. Najjar
Sidon Kamal Abu·Zeid
Turaif Mrs. J. H. Rosquist
jJi)'efilte
PERISCOPE
Badanah . tatiOJ) has been presented \\ ith a Letter of SafetyAch,e\'ement from President \V.R. Chandler (for a substantialimprovement in tls safety recordduring 1965), the :vlanager ofOperations • afet~ Trophy (forscoring the best safety record lastyear amon!( all Tapline units) and10dividual safety prizes for itsstaff.
The presentations were made10 the Badanah CommunityCenter May 2 by Manager ofOperations J. J. Kelberer in thepresence of General Superintendent 1\'1. A. Kearney, SeniorEn!(ineer (Safety and Fire Protection) Fawzi )laJm, Badanah Station Supenntendent H. T. Jensen, the station employees andtheir supervisors.
Badanah station was the onlyTapline unit to complete the year1965 without sustaining any industrial disablin!( injury. It hasreduced the number of disablin!(10juries from si" 10 1961 to four10 1962, to t\\ 0 in 1963, to one in1964 and to none in 1965.
In making the presentations,:\1r. Kelberer said:
"The last time I was wi th youin such a !(atherin!(, on May 12,1965, to be specific, I ended mywords to you by sayin!(: 'I amlookin!( forward to be with youa!(ain next year for a similar occasion-to recognize your achievement in 1965.'
"\Vell, here I am with you todayin reco!(nition of the perfect safetyexperience \\ hich you aehie\'ed inthe year 1965. 1 thank all of youfor pro\'idin!( this opportunity tome and once allain, I look forwardto be \\ ith you next year for asinlilar occasion.
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Badanah station bade its hearlfelt" ,>fa'a-salallleh" to :~/iss Hiyalll Kaibni ala far""'" parly held inlhe COllllllunily Center on ,Hay 3. Tapline'sformerChief Xurse has lefl Ihe field pennanelltly. She is hO"'11 abo"e flanked byDr. G. S. Bnd, a;,d Dr. JI. G. Khoury . .l11SS Kaibni had joilled Taplineon Alig. 2-1, 1957.
1+3 21+3 n.51+8 215+ 3.5143 5153 1.5158 2165 2.5160 3158 3
137 5143 +.5152 2156 6147 5165 2.5168 216+ I173 2.5
148 6152 61+3 6141 6
177173173185
Total POIntS 35
Total points 25
Total poin ts Zero
Total points 24
157161172
176179181188192199
WOMENLEBANON
179180181185
LEBA:"10:\'15916517017017118919019319+202
SAUDI ARABIA
205239257259
Mrs. W. 1. Lud\"igsenMrs. D. A. SchipperMrs. M. RutherfordMrs. W. G. Ewing
H.lanottaI. RossK. I. TronstadE. GreenwoodM. Rutherford\"1. Lud\igsenfl.. PutnamD. A. SchipperH. Lambert\Y. E\\ing
Ahmad SaidC. H. HardwickO. E. RitterG. V. CreamerDr. M. Baroodi1. Moussa
H. T. lensenC. P. BoothC. S. Babb
Mrs. H. \Y. Sutherland1rs. W. K. Despain1rs. E. C. Olsen
Mrs. C. P. Booth
Points Won4.5
Low Net137
E. Khattar as scorekeepers. Thewhole burden of entertajnmentwas shouldered by Mrs. 1. F.Chaplin.
On May 4, the golfers wereentertained at a dinner part)'hosted by Mr. and Mrs. 1. F.Chaplin at their horne in the Terminal and on May 5 they were thecompany guests at a dinner 111
Khaizaran, South Lebanon.Vice President - Government
Relations R. IVI. Ilenry and Mrs.W. R. Chandler made the a·.\ardpresentations at a trophy partyheld at the ZCC Clubhouse ob
May 6. .The President's Cup, symbolIc
of the Tapline men's team golfchampionship, has now beencontested 12 times-the Lebanonteam winning six, drawing one
and losing five to its ArabianDivision counterpart.
The Lebanon team won in Ian.1956 at Turaif and in Dec. 1958,May 1959, May 1961, May 1962and May 1965 at Sidon.
The Arabian Division team wonin March 1957 at Turaif, in April1958 at Badanah, In April 1960at Rafha and 111 May 1964 and
May 1966 at Sidon.Both teams ended in a deadlock
in May 1963 at Sidon.The scores:
MENSAUDI ARABIA
Low Gross155H. W. Sutherland
The Arabian Division golferstrounced their Beirut-Sidon counterparts, 35 Nassau match pointsto 25, in the annual President's
Cup Tournament played at thehazardous Zahrani country Clubcourse May 5-6.
With an understandable relishto avenge their 1965 defeat, theArabian Division golfers took a5 point lead over the Beirut-Sidonteam on the first of the two-daysenes of 20 individual matches.The first day's men score was:Saudi Arabia, 17 ~ Lebanon, 12~.
ARABIA GOLFERS UPSET LEBANON TEAM IN PRESIDENT'S CUP
TI .' . AI' bia1l Divisio1lme1l's team and the Leballon Di.'ision wOlllen's leamface the call1era ,<'ilh ['ice Ptesidenl-Gm'ellllllent Relations R.JI:Ie ,w71n;glllrs
aW R Chandler Frolll lefl kneeling: Ahmad Said, C. S. Babb, O. E. Ritter, ,\Jrs. W. Lud..,gsfll and C. P. BO?lh; alld Sialldlllg
HHenTrYJall K' J' " dd' e Dr' M A Ba'roodi J1fr Henry Mrs. Challdler AIrs. K. 1. TrollSlad, :11l's. ,11. Rutherford, H. II. utherland, .lIrs.ensen . ama e In, . .. I' . • ,
H;. G. Ewing'and lIIrs. D. A. chipper. (More photographs by K. Nasr are On pages 5 alld 6).
Lebanon's women representa
tives proved their invincible mettleby sweeping the Arabian Division distaff squad by the formidable Nassau point total of 2+ tozero.
Individual tournament winnerwas H. W. Sutherland of Turaifwho tapped the ball in the 36thhole on his 155th stroke to takelow gross and share low net (137)honors with Ahmad Said, the lowgross runner-up with 157.
Stars of distaff golfers wereMrs. W. 1. Ludvigsen, first lowgross (179) and Mrs. \Y. G.Ewing, first low net (141).
L. A. Rayburn officiated asstarter, L. A. Ford as COursereferee and \"1. Chatham and R.
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rear 1966+64,959+57,816
534,53161
April+78,603526,771
notice.
- E. R. Robertson has returned from vacation and hasassumed duties and signatureauthority of Acting Superintendent Motor Transport, Turaifuntil the arrival of Mr. \V. P.Moore on or about May 17. Mr.Moore has joined the Company asSuperintendent, Motor Transport.
- H. L. Krapp departs onvacation May 25. During his
vacation, 1. L. Stephens will beActing Superintendent, Mechanical Maintenance. N. M. Sheikhwill be Acting Senior EngineerField Services during this period.
- Effective June 1, G. V.Creamer will transfer to Badanahas Foreman General Services.
- Effective June 1. L. 1. MacNeish will transfer to Rafha as
Foreman, Services.
PERATIONS
Average BPD recei\'ed at SidonA\'erage BPD deli\ ered to ofhakersA\'erage BPD deli\'ered to ships, 1edreco
and IPCShips loadedA\'erage size of ships loaded: bbl. 274,900. 288,800
Six newall-time operations records were establIshed dunng Apnl
as follo\\ s:- Receipts into Sidon averaged +78,603 barrels per day, Or a
0.65 percent increase over the old record of 475,489 BPD set in Fe
bruarv 196+.~ Deli\'eries to offtakers (offtakers ships and Medreco) a\'eraged
526,771 BPD, or an 8.57 percent increase over the previous record of+85 177 BPD established in ;\'o\'ember 1965.
'- Total Sidon deliveries (offtakers ships, Medreco and I PC)
a\'eraged 534,531 BPD, or an 8.50 percent increase ovcr the formerrecord of 492,677 BPD set in November 1965.
- Total pipelll1e deliveries (Sidon deliveries and deli\'eries to the10rdan Refinery) a\'eraged 5+4,523 BPD-an 8.59 percent hike overthe former record of 501,+30 BPD set in No\-ember 1965.
- On April 3, the GOLAR NOR loaded 730,950 barrels of crudeoil, the largest amount of crude ever lifted from Sidon Terminal by asingle tanker. The pre\'ious record load (701,011 barrels) had beentaken bv the BERGEPILOT on :"10\'. 2, 1965.
- -The GOLAR :\'OR took aboard the 730,950 barrels of crudeat an a\'erage loading rate of 58,853 barrels per hour and a record onehour loading rate of 63,072. The previous one-hour loading rate recordof 62,647 was established last March 11.
By mid-May, four other all-time operations records were established as follows:
- Maximum receipts into Sidon in one day: 498,955 barrels on:vIav 3.
, - Maximum throughput in anyone section: 524,723 barrels onlay 6 (Qaisumah-Rafha section, with two turbines at Shubah).
- Fastest a\-erage loading rate per ship: 60,074 barrels per houron May 11 (ESSO WARWICKSHIRE).
- Fastest loading rate in one hour: 64,586 barrels on :\lay 11(ESSO WARWICKSHIRE).
Deli\'eries from Sidon \\ ere estimated to average +80,000 barrelsper day during May.
NEW PERSONNEL ASSIGNMENTSManager of Operations 1. 1.
Kelberer and Chief Engineer G.H. Canoles have announced thefollowing personnel assignments:
- Effective May 5, C. S. Babb,Superintendent Turaif Station,will be placed on special assignment to supervise all constructionactivities at the Turaif station andto provide inspection and consultation service as required at allother locations. In this capacity,
M r. Babb will assume the signature authority of Senior EngineerConstruction and will providedirect supervision of the construction engineers M. Zakkak and S.K. ~ajjar assigned to Turaifprojects.
- Effective May 25, C. H.Hardwick will be assigned asActing Station Superintendent,Turaif, with full signature author
ity of that position until further
Ride a horse or tour the \'alleyby 1l1otor bus or your own car.:\1ake your \'isit a memorableholiday.
HExpenses must always be
considered. There is a :-':ationalPark charge of 50 cents per dayper person. A charge of S7.50per person includes the cost ofthe reunion dinner, tax and tipsfor same plus a small fee tocover mailing and other expenses.
"Yosemite Park & CurryCompany has a \ ariety of acITIodations and rates vary ac
cordingly. As far as possible \\ eare concentrating on Yosemite
Lodge and adjacent bungalo\\ sto house all who plan to attend.This space is limited. Howe\'er,everyone will be accommodatedas all the bungalo\\ rooms \\ithbath at Camp Curry (withineasy walking distance) are beingheld for us. All meals may betaken at the Lodge.
"Because more than 500 areexpected at this reunion it isimperative that you act at once.Please stamp and mail the enclosed card if you plan toattend. You \\ill the be sent aReservation Request Formwhjch you are to fill out andmail directly to Yosemite Park& Curry Co.
"This announcement is beingsent to all of the list of Annuitants. I f you know of anyoneinterested in attending who didnot receive this notice ask himto write to me requesting areservation form.
"Yosemite In Septembershould be beautiful. Let's makeit a date right now."
5Th Biennial Annuitants MeetSet for Sept. 24 at Yosemite
The Fifth Biennial Reunion forthe Annuitants of Tapline,Aramco and AGC \\ ill be heldSept. 2+ at Yosemite Yalley :-':ational Park, California. ClarkCypher has been Hrecruited" tochairman thIs fifth Get-Together.I lis address is: 2335 BrannerDrive, Menlo Park, California94025.
Employees \\ ho may be in theUnited States at that time arecordially il1\'ited to attend thisreunion. Reservation requests
should be sent to: COI1\'entionDepartment, Yosemite Park andCurry Co., Yosemite :-':ationalPark, California.
The following letter, datedApril 1966, \\as sent by Mr.Cypher to all annuitants and otherinterested persons:
((Dear Annuitant:
"You, your spouse and or
friends, are cordially invited toattend the Fifth Biennial Annuitants' Reunion Party(Aramco, AOC and Tapline).The date for all planned events,including the get-together dinner will be Saturday, September 24, 1966. Yosemite National Park has been selected asthe site. I t is hoped that mostof you will arrive not later thanFriday and leave on Sunday orthereafter.
"Mutual enjoyment is thepurpose of these reunions. Participate in the gay festivitiesbefore, during and after thereunion dinner. Visit withfriends and acquaintances, meetnew annuitants, play golf orbridge, take a swim or a walk.Photograph the scenic splendor.
Vi~'e Presidellt-GOt'erlllllellt Relations R. Jr. lIenry (left) presents the President's CliP to O. E. Ritter, captalllof the Arabiall Dit'ision tealll.
R. J.t. Henry congratlilates Ahmad Said, lot(' gross rllllller-lIp, td,o shared Im(' net hOllors ,<'ith .II W. Slitheriand.
H. II'. Slither/and, 10,(' gross challlpion alld 10'(' net CO-,('llIlIer, receit'es Ills prize frolll R, 1/. /lellry.
Pc
/I 0/ (,e ,<'illlling Lebanon H'Olllell's tealllilstaC dit'ision, receit'es the tealll trophy
PRE SID
O. E. Ritter, Arabiall Dit'isheadgear designed by Jfrs. 1. I
BuJ]et dinner at the ZCC CIliMolist fO/lo,cing tOllrnament play.
Mrs. 11'. Lllddgsen (left), ca!'alld IOt(' gross champion ill thfrolll .1Irs. 11'. R. Challdler.
G. V. Creamer lines liP a pllllllnder the watchful eyes of D. A. Schipper and R. H. Plltnam dllring the President'sCliP Tournament at Zahrani, Jlay 5-6.
First tee-oJ] at No. I of the Zahralli COllntry Cillb golf C6l1rse.
Distaff golfer lilies liP a Plilt 011 olle of Zahralli's fasl grass grews.
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President W. R. Chandler recently.presented General Attorney W. A. Robinson ,tith a three-star tie-pin forcompletmg 15 years of company serl'lce. ShOf~n abo"e at the ceremony are, from left, H. . Smith, n'. E. Locher,ftfr. Robmson, .Ur. Chandler, J. J. Kelberer, R . .'1. Henry, D. M. Falconer and W. V. Ilall. (Photo by Nasr).
RITTER BLANKSLINE GOLFERSAT RAFHA
Ed Ritter of Q3Isumah ou tplayed a field of 20 Arabianqualifiers at the Annual 'LtneTournament held tn "s"amalis"" weather April 21-22 atRafha's Telal el-Iledou golfcourse.
For the \\omen, :\lrs. Sutherland was the I,m gross champIOn\\Ith 181 17 strokes unLler :\[rs.\\'. 1--:. Desp,"n's score for the36-hole e\ent. :\lrs. [)espall1 ofRafha was the low net medalist,followed by :\lrs. E. C. Olsen, ofRafha too.
Arriving In Rafha during asandstorm on Api'll 20. the qualifiers from Qalsumah, Iladanah andT'uraif \\ere entertained at an
Open I louse by thc G. \'. Creamers. Latcr 111 the e\ l'nlng, all participants In the tournanlent at
tended a pot-luck dll1ner at the\V. K. Despall1s'.
Executll1g naw less formthroughout the 36-hole e\ent,Ritter shot a \\Innll1[( 10\\ ((rossof 14 t1Ine strokes under II.Sutherland of Tura.!'
The Annual 'LlI1c Tournamentdetermll1cs membershIp on theArabian D"lslon team to thePresident's Cup ')'ournament,
played at Zahral1l :\lay 5 and 6.
On Api'll 21 and Just bcfore thetee-off, the nSltll1g golfers andguests were sen'ed breakfast atthe home of :\11'. and 1\lrs. J. II.Arnold. The 19th hole was playedat the Creamers'. A dinner partyfollowed at the home of i\lr. and;\Irs. C. P. Booth.
Ritter's 14-poll1t handIcap for36 holes gave htnl low net honors\\lth 130. \loussa \loussa ofBadanah \"lS the low net runnerup \\lth 137.
The trophy banquet was heldat the Community Center April22. Mr. Creamer served as i\"asterof Ceremonies and Gencral Superintendent M. A. Kearney madethe trophy presentations.
M r. Despain acted as startcr.Field judge and chief SCOrer forthe two-day e\'ent were JohnTorres and Ed Olsen, respectively.Sen'ing as scorekeepers were Mrs.D. :\'ajjar, Dr. II. \Vanna, S.
aJloum, J. Grimbergen, )I. Bruinand S. :'\ajjar.
The willning Badallah Soccer tcam.
Golf Tropl,y ,,,illllers at the A IIIII/Qi 'Lille TOllrnamellt held a/ RafhaApril 21-22 are, from left, .11rs. H. W. Slitherialld, O. E. Ritta,JIrs. TV. K. Despain, .Hr. SlItherlalld alld .'lrs. E. C. Olsell. (Photuby Nasr).
Elie A::ar, George "Ieda, Habib Sal/ollm, Elias Sadaka, .11. Zakkak,S. A. Altiah alld S. .11. IIalllla hosted a barbeclle dinller at Qaislllllahrecently. Attendillg the flll,ctioll ,ure the G. A. Hearns, O. E. Ritters,.\1. SOlllballs, 11'. Van De Wals, H. T. Sio/boollls, .1/1'. and Jlrs. L.J.lacNeish, JIr. and .\1rs. G. O. Lillabllry, F. A. Roos, K. Jamalliddilte,D. De ['ries and H. Fanolls. er";ng as Chef is Olle of the hosts, Elie A::ar(right).
STARSSERVICE
BeirutMelhem G. Melhem of Engi
neering
Fourteen Tapliners were aw ardcd three-star emblems in ;\Iay f.>rchalking up 15 years of continuouscompany service. Six other employees recei\'ed tw o-star insigniafor completing 10 years of serviceduring the same month.
The 15 year pin recipients were:
BadallahG. B. Dayes of Administration
and General
Beil'lltMichel Ajhar of Industrial Re
lations
Joseph J. Nassar of EngineeringI [uda B. Rayes of Accounting
QaisllmahH. E. Ghasab of Dining RoomA. E. Sharaf of Dining Room
RafhaR. Ragsdale of \OVateI' \\'ells
SidollOmar 1\1. Bahla\\ an of l\larineHanna T. Baradi of larineGeorge W. Georges of MedicalK. J. Tronstad of Marine
Tllraij1\1. 1\1. Ali of Dining Room:\'. S. Onaizi of Operations and
Repairs, Station
Abdo S. Shebib of ConstructionReceiving ten-year pins in May
were:
8adanah WhipsRalha in Soccer
BadanahS. B. Hassan el-Huwaityof Dining
Room
Badanah statton's soccer ele\'entrounced a combtned Rafha-Qaisumah team 3-1 in a match playedat Badanah station in early April.
The \\inning Badanah teamcomprised Ahmad. hamassi, Ahmad Said, M. :\'ujaidi, Y. Youhanna, S. Bader, I. Khoshaba,Riad Sahman, S. Spitani, SaadSalameh, M. Odaily, IVI. Farhanand A. Zeid.
The visiting Qaisumah- Rafhacombination included M. Seif, M.Abu-Twaika, M. r\asser, J. Munief, S. Abu-Ruba'a, M. ,aud,E. Azar, M. I [umeidan and O.I [amado
All players attended a dinnerparty at the Community Centerafter the match.
SidonMuhammad Tiriaki of Marine
TllrOljA. B. Abdul Rahman of MedicalJ. B. Ayed e1-Ra\\ Ii of Dining
Room
L. B. Jarwan el-Rawli of Storehouses.
NEWS
A recent European EconomicCommunity paper on petroleumand natural gas policy states "onemust not, however, be unaware of
certain issues which could have abearing on this situation. First ofall, political troubles could de,"clop in certain producing areas,
\\ hich might result in a partial orcomplete discontinuation of deI,,·eries. The concentration ofimportant purchases in one areaobliges one to take such a dangerseriously. It is al 0 possible thatprice rises could be brought aboutunder artificial pro\'ocation fromproducer .It
However, the paper also notesthat present European EconomicCommunity sources of crude aremore diversified than they wereseveral years ago. Due especiallyto the new areas of production inAlgeria and Libya, the MiddleEast now accounts for about 60per cent of European EconomicCommunity crude oil needs, asopposed to 80 per cent in 1958.Furthermore, there is a \\ orldsidesurplus production capacity\\ hich could be resorted to quickly, evaluated at 200 million tons,of which about 130 million tonsare located in the United StatesCanada and \'enezuela.
The rapid rtse of Common1\larket consumption of petroleumand natural gas during the last fewyears has been hastened by thereduction of prices of importedoil on the European market. Thisin turn has been due to the highworld crude oil production, thetremendous \\ orld reserves ofpetroleum; the protection of theAmerican domestic market; theincrease in competition betweeninternational companies; low-cost
Soviet crude; and technologicalimprovements such as the de\'elopment of supertankers and thespreading of pipelines.
million metric tons coal equi\'alentcon umed by the Community, oilaccounted for 234 million metrictons coal equivalent.
Energy demand in the Community IS increasing and the shiftfrom coal to other sources willmean that the ommunity will beimporting 50 per cent of her entireenergy requirements by 1975, andcoal will become less and less competitive with other energy sources.Ilowever, for social reasons (assuring jobs for local coal-miners)a certain level of coal productionwill have to be maintained tnexcess of that which \\ ould betruly competiti\·e.
THEIN
Decline of Coal:
The European Community,covering an area of 449,000 squaremiles and embracing 169 millioninhabitants, consists f France,Belgium, Lu,,"embourg, West Germany, the ?'etherlands and italy,and achl~ved unity through threeseparat' International organizations: The European Econon'icCommul1lty n he Common :\larket), the European Coal and SteelCommunity, and the EuropcanAtomic Energy Community.
The Community's pattern ofeneq~y consumption has beene\'olving in recent years. Coalsupplied 70 per cent of the European Community energy demandin 1950, but only 45 per cent in196 and by 1970 it is estimatedthat coal's share will decrease to35 per cent. Even in volume, theCommunity's coal consumptionhas been declining-it fell to 219million tons in 1965. On the otherhand oil's share of the energymarket increased from 10 pCI' centin 1950 to 41 per cent in 1964 andis expected to reach 50 per centby 1970. In 19tO, of the 470
atlng the thIrd crude oil pipeline.I [e added that the new line willallow Algerian production to reach800,000 barrels daily before longand that the government alsoplans tw 0 new gas pipelincs andliquefaction plants \\ hich willbring the country's gas production up to 10,000 milli()n cubic
meters a:lnually.
INDUSTRY
Income Growth:
The Algerian government expects 140 million in oil revenuethis year and 200 million in 1967,compared to 100 million in 1965.This \\ as announced by the headof the go\ernment, Howari Boumedienne, in his s;>eech inaugur-
field, Safamya.Installations \\ere bcing com
pleted at year-end to bring intocommercial production thc offshore Manifa and Abu Sa'fahfields and the north extension ofthe onshore Qatif field. The productive capacity of the Safaniyafield was increased.
Two major pIpelines were completed a sixty-six-mile, fort)forty-t\\ o-inch line bet\\ eenKhursani)ah and Ras Tanura anda twenty-nine-nlilc subnlarinc
pIpeline between the offshoreAbu Sa'fat field and Ras Tanura.
Gas and non-potable \\ atercontinued to be tnjected into the-\bqalq and Ghawar fields ton13tntmn rcscn'oir pressures and
to Increase current production and
ultimate reco\·ery. Ele\'en ne\\\\uter Injection wells were C0I11
pleted during the year. Injectionof non-potable \\ ater a\'eraged
46,060 barrels daily, a gain of 62per cent.
Estimated pro\ed petroleumreserves rose to 63,707 millonbarrels at year-end, a gross increase of 5,724 million barrels.Estimated proved gas reserveswere 26,438 billion cubic feet.
01 L
Review of Operations:Aramco's crude oil production
IJ1 1965 averaged in excess of t\\ 0
million barrels daily for the firsttime,
The compan) 's annual reviewof operations released April 19reported crude oil production of739,077,565 barrels (99,436,852long tons) tn 1965, an e\'erage of2,024,870 barrels daily. In 1964crude otl production totaled628,094,543 barrels (84,442,667long tons), an a\'crage of 1,716,105barrels datly.
Runs at the Ras Tanura Refinen' reached a ne\\ high of115,561,3H barrels (15,23+,914long tons) an a\ erage of 316,606barrels daily.
Exports of liquefied petroleumgas as refrigerated propane and
butane rose 14 per cent O\'er 1964to 4,650,059 barrels.
An 11 per cent increase in salesof Aramco crude oil petroleumproducts and natural gas \\ ithinSaudi rabia indicated the country's continuing econornic growth.Sales rose to 7,077,694 barrels, or686,846 barrels more than IJ1
1964.A ne\\ field, Zuluf, was dis
cO\'ered in gulf waters east of theworld's largest kno\\ n offshore oil
Information matter reported III
this coilimn is compiled from andbased on reports recently pllbli hedin Aramco's amlllal Ret.'ie-/t' ofOperatIOns, Petrolellm Intelligmce1I'ee"'y and Anba AI Petrol,
THE
PIPELJ E PERISCOPE
Turaiftation Office Clerk 1uham
mad Khalil is off on vacation toJordan, Syria and Lebanon. During his stay in Beirut, Mr. Khalilintends to SIt for the first-yearexam in Law at the Arab University of Beirut.
Relief Station Office SupervisorIbrahIm A. :\Ioneef also sat for anexam in Beirut for the officemanagement course he is takingby correspondence with the International Accountant's Societyof Chicago. :\Ir. 1\10neef recentlyacted as rehef for Saad Dabaghyat Rafha and Othayeb :\IutlaqSahman, our Station Office Supen'i or who relie"ed AssistantCoordinator-Community Senices Elans \'an O,·erhagen.
1\lr. and Jrs. Carl . charn returned from hohday on pri! 30.IlIghlight of their "acallon was aI2-day skiing trip to Gausdal,• 'orway. The Scharns dro,'e backto Beirut from Copenhagen, stopping for several days 111 Athens.1\1aking the return trip too w'as1\lr. Scharn's niece, Yvonne.
:\Ir. Abdullah 1\lurad, DirectorGeneral of Vocational Training111 the Saudi Arabian :\Iinistry ofLabor and Social Affairs, "isitedTuraif in late April during histour of the Xorthern area. Mr.1\Iurad was accompanied by Mr.Abdul-Aziz Adriess, the LaborOffice Superintendent in 'Ar'ar,and1\Ir. HanlZah Xahass, instruction expert at the \'ocationalTraining Center in Riyad. OnApril 25, Ir. Murad and partywere the luncheon guests of H. \V.Sutherland and the coffee guestsof M. S. Thabet. In attendancewere K. E. Parr, Omar Murib,Muhammad Sultan, Hmood 'azzal, Hathal Said, MuhammadSaleh, Ali Muhammad, HindiSa'adoun, Ilamdan Nour andSalem Suleiman. The followingday, the vi itors were entertainedat a dinner attended by Managerof Operations J. J. Kelberer,General Superintendent M. A.Kearney, J. L. Koenreich, C. S.Babb, II. L. Krapp, H. 1. Gelston, J. M. Gysen, J. L. Stephens,C. H. Feldman, Mr. Parr, Mr.Sutherland, M. E. Bianchi, Othayeb Mutlaq Sahman and Mr.Thabet.
I\Irs. C. H. Feldman and sonsRichard and Freddy are backfrom a trip to Amman, Jarash,Petra and Aqaba.
Dr. and Mrs. B. Gueyikian leftTuraif on "acation in mid-May.
liss D. Schemmel, Director of1'\ursing, Aramco Medical Department, "isited Turaif April24-25. ]\liss Schemmel was metby I\Iiss Iliyam Kaibni and Dr..\1. Baroodi. Miss Kaibni, whowas the house guest of Irs. J. I [.Rosquist, gave a dinner at theCommunity Center in honor ofthe A ramco ,isitor. Miss Schemmel was also entertained at a coffeegathering by I\Irs. Rosquist and abridge session by ;\Irs. G. Farah.
Dr. Sami Ilarik has ended histemporary assignment here and isofr to the American University ofBeirut.
1\1.-s. E. L. Wood left for Beiruton :\lay 2.
.\Ir. and :\Irs. :\1. . 'asser hosteda surprise dinner party in celebration of L. K. Yan Der Pauwert'sbirthday, :\Iay 11.
All those attending the secondquarterly Management Safety andFire Protection committee meeting at Turaif 1\Iay 3 and 4 werethe guests of General Superintendent and :\lrs. :\.1. A. Kearney at a get-together and the H.\V. Sutherlands at a luncheon.
Janus Verhoe"en returned toTuraif April 27 after spending ninedays on a relief assignment atQaryatain.
Coffee hostesses for the monthha"e been: 1\Irs. G. Y. Hanna,I\Irs. R. L. Crosthwait, 1\1rs. 1.A. Kearney and Mrs. C. S. Babb.
Returning from vacation onApril 30 was Mrs. E. R. Robertson, and son, Ralph, Jr. 1\lrs.Robertson enplaned to Englandwith daughter, Mirion, who isattending school in Bromyard. Mr.Robertson returned to the job onMay 9. While on stateside holiday,the Robertsons visited formerTapliners Ray and Anne Thomasin Mississippi.
Birthday celebrants for Mayare: Freddy Feldman, May 3, age9; Dorothy Gysen, ;\lay 6, age17; Kenneth Putnam, May 19,age 1S; Patricia Ann Kearney,May 24, age 1; Mrs. E. L. Woodand Mrs. J. L. Koenreich.
\\'edding ann"'ersanes: Mr.and Mrs. R. L. Crosthwait, lay9; :\1 r. and Mrs. G. Y. Hanna,:\Iay 21 ; and :\1r. and Mrs. JanusYerhoe"en, May 12.
M. S. Thabet, Labor RelationsRepresentative, left here May 7 ona company business trip to Dhahran and Riyadh.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Rosquistand son, Johnnie, returned toTuraif May 10 following a business trip to Beirut and a few daysin Badanah. Mrs. Rosquist wasthe guest of Station Superintendent and Mrs. II. T. Jensen atBadanah.
Visiting Turaif on May 8 wasDr. J. Taylor, Chief of Aramco1\Iedical Sen·ices. lie was met inTuraif by Dr. J. D. Thaddeus.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Stephenshosted a dinner party for visitingengineers on May 10.
M. I'hairallah of Badanah BaseHospital is currently in Turaif ontemporary assig-nlnent.
Janus \'erhoeven departed Turaif 1\Iay 9 for leave in 1I0lland.
G. G. Larsen, of the CentralMachine Shop, departed on long"acation on 1\lay 3.
The Xever-Green-Golf Groupis very proud of II. \\'. Sutherland. the low-gross victor inSidon. Our sincere congratulations.
The welcome mat is out forC. II. I lard wick on transfer fromBadanah. Mrs. Hardwick andchildren will join M r. Hardw ickin a few weeks.
\Velcome also to T. Laughlanof C. E. & I. 1t is understood thatMr. Laughlan is a golfing enthusia t.
Mrs. C. S. Babb hosted a coffeeparty for the returning golfers onMay 7. All were invited to welcome home the victorious men'steam.
E. L. Wood who was in Badanah in early May, returned toTuraif on the 10th.
QaisumahThe welcome mat is out for
Halim J. Fanous who has joinedOur ranks as Assistant LocalCompany Representative.
Our heartiest congratulations
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go to Ed Ritter who walked awaywith low gross and low nethonors at the Annual 'LineTournament held at Rafha April21-22. Defending Qaisumah's colors at the tuneup tourney wereMr. Ritter, K. Jamaluddine andHans J. Siotboom. Mrs. Ritter andMrs. Siotboom also made thetrip to Rafha for the tournament.
Assistant Chief Accountant K.X. Saliba of Beirut and Coordinator of I\Iaterials Inventory II. M.Gelston of Turaif "isited Qaisumah recently for matters pertaining to the EDP system andforms.
Ir. and Irs. Abdullah Hamedare the proud parents of a babygirl.
1\1. X. Quint, The CompanyRepresentative-Pipe Line Area,gave an interesting business talkto Qaisumah supervisors on hisway to Qaryatain April 30. Stationsuperintendent G. A. llearnattended.
]\Ir. and Mrs. G. O. Linabury
left here I\Iay 4 on annual lea"eand subsequent transfer to Turai£.They were entertained at farewellfunctions hosted by Station Superintendent and 1\lrs. Hearn andDr. and Mrs. C. M. Soulban.
The list of vacationers includesSaleh Salim, Dirk De \'ries andthe \\'. Van De \Vals.
QaryatainSigning Qaryatain's visitors re
gister in late April and early Maywere Coordinator of 1\laterialsInventory 1-1. 1\1. Gelston ofTuraif, Community Affairs Representative M. K. Saab of Beirut,Abdul-Ilamid Baasiri of Turaif'sC.E. & I., Amman Office Supervisor J. R. Franjieh and twoJordanian government officials,Manager of Government Relations-\\'estern Countries D. S.Dodge of Beirut, and Superintendent Mechanical Maintenance I I.L. Krapp of Turai£.
H. Kreitem of C. E. & I. iswith us again following an eightweek training assignment in SaudiArabia.
\\'elcome to E. Jacob who hasjoined our C. E. & I. staff.
General Mechanic IbrahimSayegh resumed his duties here
May 3 following vacation.
PIPELJ E PERISCOPE
BeirutPresident \\'. R. Chandler left
on "acation May 27, returningJuly 7. :\lr. Chandler had returnedto Beirut via London on May 14follow ing a business trip to theUnited States where he attendedthe Tapline and Aramco Boardmeetings.
Executi,'e Vice President W. E.Locher returned here .\lay 11 afterattending the annual TaplineBoard meeting in San Francisco.
Coordinator-Operating Services D. M. Falconer returned May2S from a three-day business tripto Turaif.
Wedding bells sounded May 14at the First Armenian EvangelicalChurch for Draftsman Ara Z.Kludjian and the formcr MissAraxi M. Dakessian. Congratulations from us all.
General Superintendent M. A.Kearney returned to Turaif May2 following a four-day businesstal' in Beirut.
R. M. Henry, \'ice PresidentGovernment Relations, and General Attorney W. A. Robinson areoff for Dhahran and Riyadh fordiscussions with the Saudi Ministry of Petroleum and MineralAffairs.
J. Ellender, Aramco Vice President for Public Relations, endedhis five day visit to Beirut May 27.
Dr. P. Mossman, in charge ofIndustrial Medicine, and F.Pretsch, Industrial Hygienist,both from Aramco, "isited Rafhaand Badanah May 22-25 andSidon Terminal 1\lay 27. Theywere accompanied during thcsevisits by Associate Medica! Director Dr. A. Ghanma and F. ajm,Senior Engineer, Safety and FireProtection.
J. F. Mears, Tapline andAramco Labor Relations Representati"e in Dammam and Riyadh,arrived in Beirut May 26 on a twoday visit.
D. S. Dodge, Manager of Government Relations - \VesternCountries, was in Jordan May16-17 on business.
F. M. Maasry, Planning andSystems Analyst, is back fromDhahran, wherc he tried Tapline'sMaterials EDP Programs at theAramco Computer Center.
Associate 1edical Director Dr.A. Ghanma ga"e a lecture onOccupational Skin Diseases at theAUB School of Public lIealth onMay 19.
Aramco's Public RelationsActing Manager J. V. Knight was
in Beirut May 9-11 for discussionspertaining to P. R. matters.
V. E. Khattar is relieving "acationing Coordinator - PurchasesAdel l\:oujaim.
Physicians of the Beirut Chnicas well as Dr. C. Soulban ofQaisumah, Dr. B. Gue)ikian ofTuraif and Dr. G. Bridi and A.Bilbissi of Badanah attended theSixteenth Middle East ledicalAssembly held at the AmericanUniversity of Beirut, May 13,14 and 1S.
BadanahDr. J. Taylor, Chief of :\ledical
Services, Aramco, visited Badanah Hospital May 9-11. Dr. Taylor visited Turaif on May 8. During the visit to Badanah, Dr.Taylor performed a few operations and deli"ered a lecture to thehospital staff. Dr. J. Thaddeus,Tapline's Medical Director, accompanied Dr. Taylor during thevisit.
Dr. M. Khoury, Badanah lIospital's Supen'ising Physician, lefthere May 15 on a one-week business trip to Beirut.
Dr. ;'\. Turk departed on thesame date to attend a Post Graduate Symposium of Gynecologyand Obstetrics at the AmericanUniversity of Beirut. I Ie returnsto Badanah on the 21 st.
Miss D. Schemmel, Directorof Kursing, Aramco !\tedical Department, visited Turaif and Badanah hospitals on April 25 and26, respectively, and the BeirutClinic on the 28th. \Vhile inBadanah, Miss Schemmel wasentertained at dinncrs by Dr. G.Bridi and Miss Hiyam Kaibniand Dr. and :\Irs. .\1. Khoury.and at a coffee-cake gathering bythe station's nursing staff.
Dr. Irving Grote, Professor cfBiocloemistry, University of Chattanooga, visited Badanah HospitalApril 30-May 2.
Senior Shift Foreman Lafi . 'aifattended the Pan-Arab socctrtournament in Baghdad during hisrecent \"acation.
Congratulations to :\lr. andMrs. C. R. Meyer on the birth ofdaughter Sheila. Mr. Meyer received the wire from IIolland theday follow ing Sheila's birth andcelebrated the e"ent with a friendly gathering at his house.
Mr. and Mrs. H. oley entertained Harold Krapp at a dinnerduring his recent visit here from
Turaif.
Doctors Isam Elblawi, Ar.mad:\lurad and Rallk Saade ser"ed"tabbouleh" at the rarty theyorganIzed for the station's bachelors.
A twin wedding anniversarywas celebrated in 'Ar'ar April 25by Senior X-Ray and Laborator)Technician and Mrs. G. I\Iakhlouf and Staff Xurse and l\lrs. A.Abdallah. All Lebanese expatriates in tArear to\\11 \\ere invited to
attend the function at the homeof !\Ir. and Mrs. .\lakhlou£.
Malcolm Quint, the CompanyRepresentative-Pipe Line Area,ended a three-day business "isitto Beirut :\lay 14.
F. J .• tolarz of Badanah Go,,ernment Relations ended a sixday business trip to Beirut on thesame date.
Rafha
Good luck to :\1r. and I\lrs.Saad Dabaghy who ha"e left thefield permanently. Prior to theirdeparture, they were entertainedat farewell functions hosted bythe Reda Abdul-Samads, AhmadZein and Afif Itani.
Congratulations to I\.lr. and:\lrs. Ahmad Shamassi on thebirth of daughter Ghada. I\.Jr.Shamassi has moved here fromBadanah to replace Mr. Dabaghyas Station Office Supervisor.
Others to transfer here fromBadanah are furniture repairmen
Artin SarkIssian and Edward Issa.
Off on stateside "acatlon are theF. II. Giesekings. Relie,ing :\lr.Gieseking as Supen ising Techlllcian, Diesel Gas Turbine, ISErnest F. l\.1iglino of Turai£.
Other "acationers were the:\laartcn \'an Oostens. Joe Grim
bergen of Qaryatall1 ser"ed asrelief for :\1r. \'an Oosten dunnghis absence.
1\1. A. Kearney, J. L. Stephens,
J. II. Arnold, C. P. Booth, S. K.:-\ajjar, A. X. \'erhoe"en andR. E. B,anchi from the field andSami I":urban, .\lichel Jeha andHassan Jabara from Beirut, isitedCw"aigilah April 16 for completionof the Inspection Report on theAP(J's newly-installed surge rehefsystem. The system was certifiedready for service and was officiallyturned o"er to operations.
Georges G. Mourad wa recently joined in Rafha by his wifeand their se"en-month-old daughter, Lillian.
The list of Rafha vacationersthis month comprises Saud Jer-
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wan, S. Ifamdan, A. Farhan, K.Abdallah, A. Ilusain and 1\.1.Atallah.
Sidon
During the absence of Capt.A. A. Brickhouse :\lay 23 throughthe 26th, J. F. Chaplin assumedthe duties of Terminal Superintendent.
Manager of Operations J. J.Kelbrer has announced the appointment, effecti,'e :\1ay 12, ofJ. Khoury as Supen'isor C. E.& I., ,idon Termll1al, and J. J.;\Jakkinje as Supeni or-CommunicatIons, Saudi Arabia andJordan.
Our hats are tipped for J. F.Chaplin, who outdistanced a totalof 18 golfers to take the monthlymedal for May with a net 65 for 18holes; l\Irs. D. A. Schipper, whohas won the Xorah Colc Cup;H. J anotta, who has walked awaywith the P. E. Cole Cup; andB. Ilopen, Jr. and K. Tronstad,who took top honors in the MixedTwo-Ball Foursome played April23.
.\lrs. J. F. Chaplin was thehostess at a Tupptrware partyheld at her home ,n the presenceof :\Iesdames \Y. R. Chandler,A. A. Brickhouse, John Creecy,R. Dudley, ,..:. Ifopen, P. Jespersen, A. Odegaarden, L. Rayburn,
I. Rutherford and D. Schipper.
Assistant Foreman - Generalen'ices R. E. Khattar held
another training Sl:SSlon recently
for. Idon Termll1al watchmen aspart of a Trall1l11g Program onSecuri ty and Plant Prctectlon.Attending wue M. l\lbaddcr, G.i\'ahra, P. Obeid, E. Majdalanl,E. Darsi. :\.1. f'aoud and .\1. Ifi)az!.
_ Shift Foruran I'. Shaya returned to Sid"n :\Iay I aftercompktlng an eight-day fEmllianzation assignment m Turaif, Jalamid and Badanah. Mr. Shayabecomes the fourth shift foremanto complete such a fan iliarizationassignment.
Laboratory Tester Trainee :\1.Xasrallah returned to SIdon on thesame date after completing a sixweek traming and familiarizatIOn
assignment on "arious oil laboratory tests and techniques atQaisumah, Dhahran. Abqaiq andRas Tanura. He had left here forSaudi Arabia in mid-March.
Terminal uperintendent A. A.Brickhouse attended the secondquarterly :\lanagement Safety andFire Protection Committee meeting held in Turaif on May 3and 4.
PIPELINE PERISCOPE
The piCllic organ;:::ed by th? Tllraif S,,'illlll;ng Pool Association on .Hay 12 Yeas certainly a crozed-getter.(Photo by J/rs. J. H. Rosqllist).
Tllraif YOllngsters playing 1wter-basketball at the S1t'l1ll1lll1lg pool, J1ay 12. (Photo by 1I1rs. J. H. Rosqllist).
Officers of the Tllra~r S1cimlllil/g Pool Assoclatlol/ are, frolll left, Jean Obeid, secretary, Olllar .HI/flb, treasllrerA . .H. Chri.,tlllan, president, al/d C. B. Faber, 1 ice president. (Photo by Jlrs. J. H. Rosqllist).
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TSPA SPONSORSSUCCESSFULPICNIC
The Turaif Swimming PoolAssociation held its first picnicof the year for members onThursday, May 12, under thechairmanship of Omar Murib,who is the Treasurer of the groupfor the current year.
Both bachelor members andfamilies attended and a line timewas had by all. I t was a perfectday for a picnic, and perfect forS\\ imnling.
The menu included steaks,French fries, baked beans. hummos, tossed salad, pineapple turnovers and ice cream. Coffee andsoft drinks \\ ere also served.
Games for the children 111
classifications of s\\ immers andn0I1-8\\ immers \\ ere arranged by1\1rs. J. L. Stephens. assisted byMrs. J. ;\/. Gysen.
C;anles for the s\\ inlnlcrs included di\'ing for a spoon, a relayrace and water basketball. For thenon-s\\ Immers: carrymg a golfball in a spoon and tossing pll1Sin a basket.
All the children particIpatingwere a\\ arded a present followingthe picnic.
Contestants in the fast movingrelay race were: June Christman,Bruce Faber, Richard Feldman,Mei Ying Van Overhagen, "ictorGysen and Brian Faber (Winnersin the second race with RalphRobertson, J r. substituting forJune Christman); Hans "an Overhagen, II, Gene Christman, ;Vlicheal Babb, Frederick Feldman,Chris cham, and Lynn Stephens,who were the winners of the firstrace.
SEMINARA seminar on Pipeline Pre
ventive l\laintenance ,"as conducted in Beirut HeadquartersMay 19 by Consultant A. E.Olson.
Attending the conference wereM. A. Kearney, j. E. Hughes, J.L. Koenreich, C. H. Hardwickand J. L. Stephens, from Turaif;J. J. Kelbcrer, R. H. Putnam, F.Khabbaz, R. C. Ilill, S. Freiha,F. ajm, G. II. Canoles, V.Khalaf and D. M. Falconer, fromBeirut; and J. F. Chaplin fromSidon.
The 'Line group arri\ed inBeirut i\lay 18 and returned onthe 21st.
1\1 r. Olson, \\ ho arri \'ed hereMay 16, returned to Iran :\Iay 20.