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Built in 1954 by B&W Inc., Los Angeles, California. The unit was purchased in 1963 by Amoco Canada Petroleum Company Ltd. and was the first of its kind used in Canada.
The unit was purchased to gravel pack the well bores in the Gregoire Lake Tar Sands project where sand erosion was a serious problem. Gravel packig is a technique used to pump gravel down the well bore and leave it in place around the outsideof a fine metal screen which is installed through the producing interval of the well. The gravel (acutally a course sand) filters the fine sand from the production.
Donated and restored by: Amoco Canada Petroleum Company Ltd.