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“Can oil and wildlife mix? 
/ „ They do at Gulf’s Port Arthur refinery. 
Snow Goose (C. Caerulescens) 
photographed near Gulls 
Port Arthur refinery 
by Dr. John Tveten. 
crude. For 20 years now, we've 
been refining over 100,000 
barrels of sour crude a day, 
and as you can see by the 
wildlife around here, the air 
quality is as good as ever 
Gulf people: 
energy for tomorrow. 
© Gull Oil Corporation 1981 
refinery to handle this type of 
“Its life as usu- 
al in the big 
wildlife re- 
serve nearby," 
says Orval 
Fouse, Super- 
visor, Utilities 8c 
Environmental 
Engineering 
at Gulfs Port Arthur, Itexas, 
refinery. “The snow geese still 
spend a few months here 
each year during migration. 
The marshes around the re- 
finery are still full of raccoons, 
otters, minks, muskrats, even 
some deer and bobcats. 
“To me, that's very good 
news, because it means 
they’re totally unaffected by 
the fact that, for the past 20 
years, we’ve been refining 
what’s called ‘sour crude.’ 
"We call it sour because it 
contains a lot of pollutants. 
We have to take some sour 
crude when we buy oil over- 
seas. Of course, we can’t 
release those pollutants into 
the air. So Gulf spent millions 
of dollars modernizing this 
We have prepared a bro- 
chure, "In Search of Balance,” 
on the ways and means of 
balancing energy and nature. 
You may have a copy, free, 
by writing to Mi William E. 
Moffett, Vice President, Public 
Affairs, Gulf Oil Corporation, 
Department SG, Box 1166, 
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15230. 
