From the files of the Fairfield Recorder:
July 29, 1943: Humble Leads In Production High Grade Gasoline:
Humble Oil & Refining Company’s Baytown Refinery, which has produced more 100-octane aviation gasoline than any other plant in the nation, has passed the 500 million gallon mark in the manufacture of 100-octane gasoline and its components, according to an announcement in the Humble…