West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1898-10-12
Pipe Line Report for September.

corded In the stocks OF PennSyl-
vania oil during September show
ing that the demand is still consid-
erably in excess of the supply.
The runs and shipments both de-
Clined and the same things occurred
in the districts producing Trenton
rock oil. Buckeye stocks however,
suffered smaller decrease than in
August. The shipments of Penn
sylvania oil were nearly eigh, hun
dred barrels a day and those of
Lima oil nearly four thousand bar
rels day below those Of the pre-
Ceding month.
The stocks OF Pennsylvania oil
had been steadily gaining from the
beginning Of the year. July was
the first month to show a change in
this respect when decrease Of 49,
200 barrels was made, followed by
another drop of 7G,455 barrels in
August and of 59,632 barrels in
September. The June increase
was I35,o49 barrels, that of May
$780, S3 barrels and that of April
232 ,o72 barrels. The stocks Of
Lima oil were decreased COG, $50
barrels in September, which added
to the decline in Pennsylvania
stocks makes a total net decline of
729, 2S2 barrels for the month. The
aggregate decline for August was
836,IS3 barrels and for July 644,-
S74 barrels. The stocks Of Lima
OH were reduced GOO, 4o4 barrels in
May and 44,667 barrels in June.
The consumption of Lima oil for
August reached 7I,734 barrels a
day and was the heaviest OF record.
For September the consumption as
represented by the Buckeye and
Indiana Pipe Line shipments was
about $4,000 barrels a day. The
consumption was about 63, 500 bar
rels day in July, over $1,000 bar
rels day in May and June, over
$4,000 barrels in April and more
than II, 900 barrels day in March
The total production of Pennsyl-
vania oil for the first nine months
of the present year, as shown by
the pipe line runs, has been 1885,
IS5 barrels, or SO, 22o barrels day.
The total pipe line runs for the
wear 1897 were 34,724,oS4 barrels.
or daily average of o5.I36 barrels.
The present year is likely to fall
very much short Of these figures, as
the daily average thus far is S,eI6
barrels below that of the preceding
year.
The pipe line runs of Pennsy1-
vania oil averaged 84,I68 barrels a
day in September, which was 44o
barrels below the average for Au-
gust. In August the daily runs
were "a, sos barrels or 1880 barrels
in excess of the July average. In
July the average fell to SOFAS bar
rels, which was the lowest of the
present year. The pipe line runs
for June averaged $3.50 barrels a
day, or 92e barrels below those of
May. The May runs averaged &c.
4I8 barrels, which was decline of
1880 barrels day from the aver
age for April. The runs tor April
averaged 88,4IS barrels a day,
which was 1857 barrels day be-
low the average for March. The
runs for September a year ago were
1oo,oS7 barrels, SO that the decrease
as compared with a twelve.month
back, is 5000 barrels. The March
runs averaged 9o,77s, the Febru-
airy 87,23o and the January 88, 571
barrels day.
The shipments of Pennsylvania
oil were 85,I75 barrels day in
September or ITO barrels day be
low the average tor August. The
August shipments showed gain of
1864 barrels a day over July and
were 8o,954 barrels. The July
shipments were $4,000 barrels
day over June average. The ship.
ments of Pennsylvania oil for June
were II,I6o barrels day, which
wos an increase of 1912 barrels
over the May average. The ship
ments for May were 77,I88 barrels
a day and for April so,713 barrels.
The March shipments averaged
81 ,6SI' barrels day. or 1888 bar
rels in excess Of February average.
The average daily shipments for