OIL REFINERY ACTIVITY IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA

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• Publication Date: May 31, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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Lhe Czcoh t?rms. snd row used in this document
in the original. We think that jti bitumen or some sort of
tar,and that ropa is crude petroleum, but we arc not sure]
akur~c Ii ?or 30,000 tone of Rumani n 1,akura. Auatriar, akura II
this reason we hive buggceted subs-tituting 30,0X) tone of Austrian
eince the pipeline to Giurgitt hrie an insufficient caitcity. For
is that Rutna,nian pakurLL would have to be transportea in tank care,
maniLu1 pakura to Austrian pakura. The princiia1 reasons for thus
The original im~aort plan has changed, since both th
aiana and thei thwnanii na want Czechcmlovak in-ports obang?d froca gu-
pJ.anned. The tank car situation will improve, however, and we can
and we will produce about 4,000 tons lees of gas oil than had been
we wi1.2. lose the opportunity to import 15,00L) tone of raw gasoline
has lass gc-s oil and light oils than aura I. This}/wi11 mean that
import from Rumania fini~ahedy cracked gaeoline inettiad of the small
Entire enterprise
103.5
130.9
100
96.2
100
110.3
100.9
111.1
113.9
120.4
125
115.3
1199
117.5
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amount of raw ga asoline, plan ed.
The following table ~ahows the ilan fulfillment, in percents,
during 1949;
Prod .Qt
Lubricating oils
Pardubice
Ostrava
Ko1in
mire enterprise
Electric power
Pardubice
Kolin
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The f'o11ow1ng t~bla shows the amounts of raw msterlile daJ.l~vered
to varlaue plLUnt~ during 1949a ~n tor-a7i
Planned Do1iv~r6d, or on the
Mater t' p t t aI -1, of 2 March
Pardubice
Kuwait ropy
Austrian rope
Austrian pakura
Total
Ostrava
Austrian pakura
Kolin
Kuwait, ropy
Austrian ropy
llomertic ropL.
Austrian pakura
Total
Total
Kuwait ropy
Austrian ropy
Domestic ropy
Austrian pakura
Total
12, 300
11,405
9,000
7,134
3,400
2,461
24,700
21,000
8,700
9,002
5,900
6,080
4,000
2,293
2,400
2 ~G, 5
8,150
8,301
20,450
19,119
18,200
17,485
13,000
9,427
2,400
2,445
20,250
19,764
53,850
49,121
Deliveries from Auutrfa have been poor, but Dr Marina says that
we 1M: proce~s4 i
By 15 April 1:)49 work will have proceeded .sb far at. Komarno that
the plan will be fuifillod. The poor deliveries have cauGed no idle-
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r ~(cul 5
ness in the erect 3, since more material is, being imported than
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surplus of tank cars. The astrava plant can empty 14 tank cars
the port will be able to operate. ~ i iii e,havey a momentary
per week, whi1~M1 the Kolin plant can handle over 100.
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On our request the btini~try ai' Nst1on~1 Dofanse hse poatponed
mskin
g
the date for/oi'f~ro of gaeoiine to 30 April. I!' all the ~um3.ni~n
pakura is to b? substituted by Austrian pakure, and the raw gasoline
glue not imported, our ability to eu-ply the Ministry of rational
L fence with the raquaated amount will be threataneCl.
The Malin ?Yorks a,re interestcd in extrakt Li.27, not in crude
paraffin for processing. They are pre~ar?d to pay 343.20 crowns
Baer 100 kg of extrakt, and our rogrram is to have 6,OOO tone avai1-
ub1e. At +resent, we have 8UU tone of extrakt av&i1abl4A The
sale of 1,000 tone to the Stalin Works hc~c+ been approved at the above
pricci,tken2tX but we are trying to get a higher price.
In transporting Ku3it ropy from Triacte 13 tank ours burned
at the t~iherburg station. Only two 3satt4ITe ~ and some of their con-
tents were caved, and ii9,430 kg of raw materials were 1?sti
The following table ehowQ the amount[ of materials shipped
from various plants from 1 to 1c~ March 1949 LIn toncg:
All Mat Sit
BrH
P
!~'.
Pardubice
6,477
6,184
Ostrava.
3,002
2,499
Kolin
5,211
6,412
Entire enterprise
14,690
15,095.
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Lubricating; Ui1s_
1,142 1,169
1,290 832
932 1,289
3,364 3,290
On 18 March 1949 a meeting was held to with the Czechoslovak
Chemical Plants to discuss releasing more goods for export. The
following table shows quantities which were to be exported during the
~..~ ~~
and those amounte acfually exjorted by 18 March,'
first r~aarter of 1949
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?1nned Ex~.orte Aatua1 ? port~
p_uk arts! oV 1 M p
a ~49
Crude parffin
Cereein
Extvakt
Brewez i itah
The Czeohoeiovak Chemical Plants have aoked tot inore~ed ex-
porte, and we have said that we aan produoe 750 tone more crude para-
ffin, 300 tone more of oereiin~, 5,000 tong more of iubricating
oils, and 3,000 tone of extrakt iratead of the vianned 135 tone. Out
export plan will thus total 1,000 tons of crude paraffin, 400 tons
oi' cerec:in, 3,000 tone of extrakt, 80 tone of brewer' e pitoh, and
5,000 tons of oils for i949 - Of course it will be Chentpol' job
to sell thane items.
8. Notec on a Dir.ctor's Meeting Held in Pardubice on 31 March 1949
The f ollowirltable shows he amount ir. tons of certain materiHls
processed in all plants Lf the state enterprise during February 1949:
Amon Proc~,,_ed
Material Planned _ Actual
Gasoline, kerosene, and
gas oil
5,4:18
6,738
Mineral oils
3,502
3,760
During the first quierter of 1949 (March is estimated) the fol-
lowing quantities of mate ria1s, in tars, were produced ',
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cording to cording to
2nd Edition Alternate_ p~ am _ C
Motor gasoline$
11,169
5,160
'7,008
Industrial gasolineo
1,604
900
1,500
Kerosene
1,870
4,044
2,782
Gas oil
7,400
6,150
5,671
Lubricating oils
11,4.67
10,506
12,454
Ceresin
298
263
127
Paraffin
:b59
743
1,008
Crude paraffin
317
1,095
1,205
Asphalt
5,873
5,730
6,593
Total. "white goods"
20,369
15,354
15,461
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ounjr2 d
K1an Act
Extrakt
Asphalt
1,910
2,151
Crude paraffin
35
114
paraffin
247
201
Cereoin
87
133
The ~1an for January and February was fulfi11ed by the fo1--
1owing percontages in all products
1f1 m nt
t1ent
Pardubice 133'1
Ostrava 97.9
Kolt 94.4
Total 111.3
production for the first three months of 1949 was as follows) L 4:t'.
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1 warns that every departure rom he plan makes
Director Po~pisi
se ?lnoe there rill be a ehorta8e of otorae Rpaae
tha situation wor,
for 9,4O tons of gasoline by the end of June.
the amounts oL a?e produced in i949 in
The following table shows
the Pardubice, K?)in, t, trolea, JSK, Weinreb, Priohystai, and Cizek a
- e
8chmaus lantta Ln ton 037:
372 227
January
Fbruar 416Wl
e Y
451 446
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The rea earth institute in Kolin now employs four engineera.
s
the f irct quarter of 1949 on eulfonaphtb enateo
Work was done during
ic 5u1fonaIdhtho~tE 7, end two synthetic tanning agents were pre-
~.
pared from es6 compounds. Additives (r~alt~~- aid e~tcro) are a~,Qn
d
well as dispereint; agents. Work will aico be done
being worked on as
on the latter by Dr Muller.
Work was also done on oxidation of crude paraffin, drying oils, '
t+:i c materials, Sulfur ropa, synthetic oils, e,nd greases.
1 :k.( t ut.-e'c.4 4t,
The following table shows the amounts of raw mat~-rials
in January and February 1949, in tons:
Plant
P1snfed Aotual
Q t , twt
Janus_
5,379 7,859
Pardubice
9,a3 7,223
Kolin
2,709 3,708
Ostrava
Total 17,891 18,790
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Tho following table shows the amounts of eemilniehed 8oo4
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t
in January and February, in tone
lan
Janus
k'pbruary
Pardubice
378
Kolin
606
Ostrava
1,036
43.
Total
2,220
4
f,
The following table chows the amounts aL riiw materials &_E..11`
in January and iobruary, by typoe, in tone:
Qood?
Januar
February
Austrian ropa
1,377
4,728
Austrian pakura
7,350
6,644
Austrian oil distillate
591
-
Iranian ropy
-
2,629
Kuwai t ropy
7, 690
3, 817
Dor?stic ropy
883
942
Raw ,Rumanian 8asoline
2,220
' 45
TotL1 imports
2u,i11
18,835
Planned imports
17,250
20,200
a of 16,/U0 tons of raw inaterialo were planned for Maroh
,4 ds
1949, and as of 29 March, :. ? 17,100 tans has been ?ajjL1i The
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value of in January was about 57, 780, O~)0 crowns, and in
February was about 49,000,000 erovrno.
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eliveries of materials
The following table shows ~ ~~ne ~~fo the it three
quarters oL' 1949, in tonne
1 , rd uartar Vth ua, Qt !t ?.
Goods
Total.,
Austrian pakur;t l9,;lQ0 1~,61~0 12,~)5~) 64,uUi1
aterials 2,600 2,600 ;,40a 10,000
0omastio raw m
Austri~An mnterlals 14,000 14,O0 13, 5u0 54,50C)
raw
T ranian raw material.e 8,800 - - 27,Op0
um~rliaa (a1ustritn? ) 25,000 40,000 1,()()O 80,000 (?
~
petroleU~n distiJJAte, and 1,000 tone of gas oil
pakura
The iaatter of delivers from 1948 has bent dtQoups?d with hung Lry.
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We ?uppoQe t to receive 5,000 tone of rod a, 3,t),aU tons or pa ra,
1,500 ton3 of oil diatiliate, 10,000 tone of gaaoiine, 4,004 tome of
1J"t' 1 I '' 1 . L '
and by 49% in
nuar
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6
y,
a
n
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ls rose by
of raw materta
^.~ ^ ~. p,. vv r to 1e7e1 of the same months in 1945.
the ..
The follOWing table showo the amounts of interiale shipped
Salesfor March 1949 were estimated at 12,325 tons, but by
out, in tons
,. Actual Plunnecl
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January i943 13,117
February 1948 9,743
January 1949 13,833 13,371
February 1949 i2,E32O 12,000
niL; are planned for the oecund quarter of 1949, with production
took aimoet the entire output of oils. Sales of 14,416 tons of
26 March 14,690 tons had a1reacy been sold, Daring March Benzino1
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of 14,198 tons. T'he foi1ow i.ng table shows the ~aiea end/,
.
1 r of oils during the first juarter of 1949/
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Ple~nt
planned Shipped Out
Out Qr ~a chi
Pardubtoo
1,1,42
1,399
Ustr va
1,290
1,900
Kohn
932
1,834
Total
3,564
4,474
In t947 IA total of 527,545 tons of lMwrt inatirt-.1r~ waa used in
Ozcio1ovLkta ; tht rood to 542,46b tna to 1943. The followir~c
tablo shows the percentf.gos of this tot.U. supj,lied by various en-
terjrtaoe
iterprise 1947 1948
Raf inerie Mtrneralnioh Oleju 30 31
S1.ovn-~f t i2 17
Stalin Works ~~ -~;
Imports 22 S
Factory consumption 1 0
The more-ase of the phare of the 8ta1tn Works in this total
due to the lnc ed conou n tion of oil. The industrialtt atitTmn
wa,.
of Slovakia caused the increase in the shard of SlovwAft in the total..
The following table shows the proportion, in percents, of the
national total, of goods shipped out by the Raf inerie Minerainich
Ole
o_Q_i
4J7_
Gasoline
1$
21
Kerosene
31
25
Gas oil
39
26
Oils
50
69
Paraffin
80
26
Asphalt
67
75
Other '
87
36
Total
30
31
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In January the faf inerie oontroUed , b9b tnnn ogre, ana i.n
February 1, 727 ? We hid 749 Dare of our own as oV 28 lrua.ry. In
addition we used 15 or?ign tank oars without paying for them. During
F?bruary wo ronted ~n ~erage of 69 tank oars 'rc~fn other people, and
rntd out '19.
During Taroks we will probaly receive 30 new tank oars from Ko-
privnice ae part of our 1949 order. We expeot tht t he Kolin plant 1 ~I
empty about 100 oars during ho month.
The foiowing table ?hows the amounts of raw- mat?ritJ1e prooeesed,
in ton a, in 1949:
Kuwat t
6,408
3,940
18
Ir~ntan
171
4,006
Austrian
-
-
4,378
Oil distillate
682
11
Raw gaaoline
1,408
763
826
The following table shown the quantities of 11u_bricatin oils
produced in 1949,
Month
tons?~t
ann
Actua1
January
1,100
1,659
February
1,100
1,377
March
1,100
1,138
The following table shows the amounts of materials pr d
in 1949, in tons, in the Ostrava plant;
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Kuwait rare matrial
3, 2U~
rian paku 3,7
ut
Hungrtrtf pakura
hun , triaf paraffin oil - 34
~F4W gtso11n~a 438 4
The foilowing table thotive the arnountof iubrti ting oiiri
of tha attt ?ers rease plant, Mr Kloud. We will start exi~erimer1tal
production on an economical grease in the next few days.
ovien Ironworks. For this purpose we have hired the director
k
since we must satisfy the neeUc of our recatc:t customer, the Vit-
Confidential
C. Notes on a Directors' Meeting held can lZ April 1949
e Office of the Director of the Rafinerie Mineralnieh Oleju
In th
An agreement was reached with Benzino.L on 3U March 1949, ac-
to which Benzinol will take finished products from us but
cording
will have the right to process; and mix lubricating oils up to
5,000 kg per month. For quantiti~a greeter than this they must have
our permission.
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produced at Utrrivr~ i~t 1949, in tones
iar
Aa_ t, unl
4c3n
Janwury
February
?,35h)
1,3U
1,14
March
1,35U
1, ll
east month. We can not begin to produoe transformer oil.. Work
r&, have bee+n no production dtffcuitiea at Uetr+v~ in th
Thd
", f'nP% qr ~ refining. Fulfillment of the
fr grease production. In Ostrava this i~ e difi'icud.t product,
o
production plan depends on reconstruction of the pn.rafi'in plant,
which will be completed In the second half of the yet~r, Dtscus-
lions have continued with the R~itgerF firm to trartki'er some machinery
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p
used oils. ~tll1. try to +arrange it eo that the Kralupy /ant will
plants operation and establish quotas fbr the regeneration of
If the Kralupy refinery ie to belon~ to Suninol it will be
neoessary to reach an agreement whereby Henainol will stop the grease
of aviation gasoline and other materials.
but we will make delivery to thu Ministry of &yat~ona1 Defensa ourselves
will dcliver aviation gasoline made in our own plants to enzinol,
ae wail ao all deliveries to the Czechoslovak State tailroads? We
the distribution ofindustri+.1 gaeo1inos (including that in tanks)
We have decided to comply with 8enzinol's requset to leave them
II will also aak the Stalih Works to atop produoing grease.
belong to Senzinol and the production equipment to ua. Department
oalle 15,70U tone of Aril. 9 11
The pian/for deliveriet~ of/raw materialr during April. BY
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April 7,600 tons had been delivered. . The following t; blp shows they
types of materiule which niLde up this total, in tones
Iranian roja
Austrian ropy
Austrian pakura
Domestic ropy
Total
DeliverjeJ
2,300
2,900
1,900
500
7,600
During March 16,532 tone of goods were delivered to con-
sumers, and 784 tons to our own plants, a total of 17,316 tone. The
plan called for deliveries of 12,325 tons during March, and the
production plan fc~r the same month was set at 14,690 tone, The
:_::-rb plan for the second quarter of 1949 envisions sales of 30,948
tons of goods. IIm The 1s1e*y plan for the first quarter was pet
at 37,695 tons, and 43,207 tons were actually sent out of the /ants.
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Of the tf'.t of 1,000 tone of r?~?a from tha Soviet ooauption
tr~tion in Austrian to the Czechoclov~k Kepublic, 3&) tone
adaini r
were sent to k'ardubicc~? Thd valie of this rope will probably bo
paid to the Czechoe1pvak Mines ae ccumpeneatian for JaohYmov,
13s
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