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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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+70,454

198

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.