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  • NCRA’s $555 M coker project under way

  • Large earth movers were working Tuesday to prepare the site of NCRA’s new coker.
    The project will cost $555 million and employee as many as 600 people during the height of construction at the McPherson plant. It will be located in the southwest portion of the plant.

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    By Cristina Janney
    Managing Editor
    Updated Feb. 20, 2013 @ 11:58 am
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      Numbers to know: NCRA coker
      325 feet — height of the coker, which is 75 feet taller than the current coker. The new coker will be the tallest structure at NCRA.

      37,000 yards — amount of concrete that will b...
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      Numbers to know: NCRA coker
      325 feet — height of the coker, which is 75 feet taller than the current coker. The new coker will be the tallest structure at NCRA.

      37,000 yards — amount of concrete that will be required to build the coker. A concrete batch plant is being erected at NCRA to help keep up with the demand.

      4,500 tons — of steel to be used in coker — about half the weight of the steel used in the Eiffel Tower

      31 miles — of pipe will be a part of the finished coker

      900,000 pounds —weight of the coker drums

      4.425 million pounds — coker drums operating weight
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