Summary
The 1953 Esso Standard Oil (Exxon) Central Refinery Loss Committee Meeting Minutes provided an update on the company’s Subcommittee for Fundamental Research on Air and Water Pollution Abatement. The subcommittee was created to for the purpose of developing a program for researching air and water pollution, with the goal of reducing “losses” from pollution, estimated at over $10 million per year between five refineries (not adjusted for inflation).
Correspondence between offices at Esso Standard Oil related to the subcommittee’s work notes similar research being conducted by the American Petroleum Institute’s Smoke and Fumes Committee, and the need to be familiar with API’s work to avoid duplication.