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To: David Coakley who wrote (3027)	5/22/1997 9:29:00 PM
From: Jim Atkinson	of 6735

To all from the great (muddy) North Welcome back Dave, glad you are here. I see a lot of the other previous posters (longs) are in the background and seldom post. This isn't earth shattering news but I can tell you that it's probly just as well in a way that the plant is somewhat inactive at this time of year. You may think that minus 40 degrees is severe but you should have to deal with Alberta Gumbo. This is the basic mud that is all over the plant site. It gets like rock when it's dried but right about now it's like quick sand. It kind of sticks to you(to the point that the weels in your 4x2 truck won't turn). This is especially bad as the site is basically new last winter and there probly is little gravel. This applies to the high grade road, the plant roads, and the access to all the buildings. They have walkways built and the roads are dried up by now but each and every rain is the same old thing again. I was driving on a main road today (clay) and it was way worse then driving on the worse ice you could imagine. The road had a slight incline and I was sliding all over the road. Without ruts you are basically hooped. If you go off the road you are out of comission for a long time, about the only thing that can pull you out is a Cat tractor. Nothing with wheels is worth a hoot. I read a post today about trucking. I refer you to one of my first posts on the same subject. Basically in bad roads (as above) or gravel in the rain the biggest you can use is a body job truck that carries 100 BBL, on good going you could use a truck and pup (200 BBL) or a train which would haul in the area of 300 BBL. The problem is that SOLV's road is new and poorly built, its very wide but not high enough, it doesn't have a high enough of a grade to give good drainage etc IMO. Also as I have said the plant site is with out a doubt a mess due to Clay. There are plenty of companies to haul Crude oil if SOLV needs Crude hauled. Cardisty Trucking, High Level, Alberta is up to the job if required. The other problem is how many trucks can the roads accomidate. Just my opinion, based on a few years in this country. Jim Atkinson

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