SLATE OIL PROCESSING PLANT AT KIVIOLI

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R010200260008-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 28, 2006
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: February 19, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved Fo
Q FO T1O REPORT c;f) "ICI.
SUBJECT Slate Oil i rocessing lant at Kivioli
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DATE: DS' ik. 19 Feb
NO. OF ENCLS. 1
(LISTED DEE_OW)
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
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1r. Iocr:.tion: The slate oil plant is on the far=thest western outskirts
c i' Yr_ o i. (260517 9022 t}) W".tonian north of th 3 ri i.n
i'ai _road lin to Ta1:irinn,
2-: i arat installations: The plant was forrierly owned by the Leltic
C ilo;late C orianyp., The Ger: ans , -while occupyinC ;stonia, eniar ed
E.sd improved the plant. The cvi efts later: repaired the dam ape caused
curing the retreat of the German troops? The plant covers an area
of about 1,350 x 45 meters. It has its own power station and rail-
Voad connection. In case of fai s_eire of the plant-owned power station;
powor will be supplied. by the P4rssi power plant, which is 2 km east
of he plant entrance (Item 15 on sketch). For plant layout see
Ske';ch
3~ .,orkc force: total of 2,500 Itaborers., 30 percent womef ; also 1,100
s where were ria.li~r i 4:eriar~ an d .:onrol an laborers.,
4 :lroduction: Crude oil. bei?;i.ne.. vvarnish., acetone. lacquer,, tar.
1 ~: nnex: Oils late 'r.roce:,sinj- lant in, :L'ivioli
end Mto ,-,nnex:
A 1 factory, :2 x 30 x 27 raetorsp reinforced structu..;-e j."Lth
s1at?stone riasonry, equipped ,'Ith s:ix furnaces for the production
of oil. Construction of tLi; buildiric;?. w,aas riot completed at the
time of observation.
;e;:j pcwaer n1ant c og.i' p.1e ed irrr June 1947 3 hou: inp. the f of log^ai ng
iris a11atinr
r-oilerhouse ? two boilers
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1.1ne of frier ;fan ~: ,nufacture in operation :since June 1947
CR, ITFAL TT1T"'LLIG'1JCE AG'?P]CY CCY ':
.-echa.nical shop
L onveyer installation'
iui1dizi.(?, brick, 63 x18 x 1E meters;, housin? the following.
.nstaliations
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a to el ~'u ?nreces, producing each about 1,800 liters of of.-. per
day,
e: and f jistillatiron e?iuir.eni
0 a4"evw factory, same as ite=; r 1
i;enzine refinery brick, structure 1E x 18 x 9 rieters, corr-ole-
--ed in _.ay 19 3Q
E ?xyren plant, old brick structure, 18 x 9 x 134 meters
.!`our oil tanks; one of these tanks, having a capacity of two
i Iilion liters, vas built in 1948; the other three tanks having
t capacity of 1 mi_ ion liter:s each, existed in 19466,
10 )J_d boilorhouse, brick struetaro, 18 x 18 x 22 ; meters, to boi-
lers, one of which is in operation.
suildin. ;,' sia(-stone, 9 x l x. 13 - mezers, production of varnish
started in ..arch 1949 0
12 i_,ulidin(_^, brick 30 x 1.3? :L ; meters, coriileted in June 19486
I'stolack" factory9 six of VU, 12 boilers planned far this fac-
tory were standing at the time source worked thereo'*
L;uilding, old liriestone structure, ad,joininr #' 12,
. =cetone production six balloons, each 3. peters high and 60 era
or 15 am in diameter.
b a_enzine refinery, six boilers 247 meters hirh and 1.8 rioters
in di?ar er, ten boilers 1.8 rieters high .:aid 75 cm in diameter
11 Tar factory, brick structure, 16 x 9 x 13 ,meters, four boilers ,
each. 5;- meters high and 108 meters in dia:uioter
:5 Plant entrance
16 yidriinistration of the, -'stonian Gonbine
17 -line level, south, 4_