Original oil and gas trade magazine vintage ad for BECHTEL CORPORATION of San Francisco, CA. When Time Must Fly. Socony-Vacuum Oil Company development in the filed of refining, is only the second Thermofor catalytic reformer to be built. It is a Bechtel job, design, procurement and construction being built at Torrance with a capacity of 19,000 barrels per day. This unique 1953 old petroleum refinery process industry magazine advertisement would display beautifully matted and framed.