1979 Press Photo Desulfurization reactor moved in Texas to Phillips Petroleum

It took a 144-wheel dolly to carry this and five other huge atmospheric desulfurization reactors one at a time from a river dock on the Texas Gulf Coast to Phillips Petroleum Company's Sweeny, Texas refinery. The reactors, which remove impurities from crude oil, each weigh more than 660 tons. The expansion, scheduled for completion in mid-1980, will nearly double the capacity of the refinery and downstream processing facilities to some 190,000 barrels of crude per day.

Photo is dated 1979.

Photo measures 10 x 8 inches.