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Note to Secretary of the Navy This draft note was found among the pages of Rhea Putnam's copy of the 1948 Estimate of Maintenance and Operation Cost for Tapline. The note is apparently in Putnam's own handwriting. Rhea Putnam was the first engineer that was hired by Tapline, all the others that were working on the initial design etc, were all on the payroll of parent companies. Among other things, he was responsible for calculating where the pumpstations should be located as it was dependent on the maximum horsepower that would be installed at the various pumpstations as well as the terrain, i.e. was it uphill as the Badanah-Turaif section or flat like Qaisumah-Rafha. (Courtesy of J. Makkinje)
To Sect. Navy Feb 18, 1949 Cummings
Period Stanley
For Ten Years - on completion Truitt
Cross
Wash DC
Tapline will transport for Dep'ts
of National Military Establishment at
the option of said dep'ts at a rate /
barrel representing the total / bbl. cost
(including, but not limited to 8 1/3 % / yr
& interest on borrowed funds.) of
transportation in the qtr. in which
delivery is made, S. A crude oil in
an amount up to 5% (1,350,000 bbls/qtr.)
of the now contemplated initial cap.
(27,000,000 bbls/qtr.) of the pipe line,
limits - time - conditions etc.
- Granting of foregoing option is
necessarily contingent upon Tapline
being able to export pipe & mat'ls
- protection etc -
Courtesy of John Makkinje Scanned and transcribed by Børre Ludvigsen, 980106 |
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