I remember that refinery in Clarkson well. After BA, it was Gulf, then PetroFina, then Petro Canada.
The units built to produce the high-octane component for aviation gasoline in the 40s were a Fluid Catalytic Cracker Unit, and an hydroflouric acid alkylation unit. The Alky was a nasty unit to work on because the acid is extremely hazardous to work with. Was a reaction unit, took a molecule of butylene (C4)and a molecule of iso-butane (also C4), and combined them to form one molecule of iso-octane (C8).
It was decommissioned in the 80's.

Great work on a great Canadian Company, Ken!

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Always looking for Texaco Canada, Supertest, White Rose, McColl Frontenac, and Miller Oil Co. info.