Pipeline to the West

Though the U.S. oil pipeline system would gird the globe 7 1/2 times, it is still not enough. In Houston last week, six oil companies (Continental, Standard of California, Gulf, Richfield, Shell and Superior) prepared to fill another gap in the system, jointly formed the Four Corners Pipe Line Co. to supply California with its first piped crude oil. Houstonian R. G. McIntyre, recently retired chairman of the board of Standard Oil of Texas, was elected president of Four Corners, named for the oil-rich area where the borders of Utah, New Mexico, Arizona and Colorado meet. The new line will extend 600 miles from the area to Los Angeles, be built by Shell Pipe Line Corp. at a cost of $50 million. When completed at year's end, its initial capacity will be 60,000 bbl. daily, which could be upped to 160,000 bbl. by increasing the number of pump stations along the route.

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