Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-04-14
FUEL OIL IN TEXAS.
WIN Be in smand aud Trausportafiou
c'oblsm solved.

v ""h'A H"th'"s
Baltimore. April l3-Five gushers al.
ready IN the Beaumont field is a record /
which is adding daily interest in the de-
v'l0pments IN the new oil region of /
Texas Il seems 20 be generally reoog 1
nized that the great value of the on Is
IT, quality as a fuel placed by Nature
where u j. capable iof doing the most
good % the greatest number at the /
least cost Of production. This Is the p0. /
sition taken IN an elaborate article. re.
viewing the worlds OIL trade. but hav.
ing special difference 10 the Texas situa.
ton. published IN this weeks Manufac.
turors Record and written by student
OF the oil situation from the broadest .
kind Of a standpoint He writes;
'On first impression Il would seem
that as the Beaumont oil u chiefly a
fuel oil 70 would be- Of secondary impor /
tance 20 the higher grade oil. but when
the relative demand for fuel oil and re.
hned oll are considered il IL evident that
a fuel oil in the apparently inexhausti.
Die quantities IN which 10 has been
found m the Beaumont field, Is Of much
more Importance and value than an II.
Eliminating oil IN the comparatively lin.
tied quantities that nature has provided
- The demand for refined oil is 20
certain extent limited. and the supply
at the present time il approximately
equal % the demand. while the demand
for fuel oil Is practically unlimited and
the demand has been met Ia only one
country, Russia, where the consump.
tion Of fuel oil now amounts to more
than eight times the combined con.
sumption Of all the refined oils"
The writer sketches the situation in
the oil fields Of the United States, Rus
sin, the Dutch East Indies and other
countries and returning 10 the study Of
the Beaumont field. writes:
The special advantage which Beau.
mont oil has over any other oil in the
world is in the fact that 10 can be- pro.
duced aud marketed at aminimum cost.
Being produced within rs miles of q
seaport 10 can be piped into tank steam.
ers at a cost as 20 be almost incalcula.
blo, aud DO can be- delivered at the sea.
ports Of the United States. Mexico. the
West Indies, South America and Eu.
rope 40 "a cost 80 low that no other fuel
can b. used IN competition for steam
purposes Fuel oil from wells in the
Beaumont field can be- pipcd 10 the sea.
board at Por, Arthur and run into tank
steamers at total cost Of production
and transportation not exceeding 10
cents barrel, and, as "a, barrels Of oil
are equal 20 one ton Of coal for steam
purposes. this Is equal 10 the delivery
Of coal at the seaboard at cost Of 35
cents ton
"The location i specially advanta-
gcous for shipment to Mexico aud the
West Indies which are the largest i'm.
portors of American coal, receiving
nearly 80 per cent Of all the coal that is
exported, excepting that which goes TO
Canada. In considering the export feat.
ure Of fuel oil and the advantageous To-
cation Of the Beaumont field. the grow.
ing Importance of New Orleans and
Galveston a. seapOrts should not be
overlooked. These ports now stand re-
spectively fourth aud fifth in the value
Of their exports. which in each case
amount % more than double that of
San Francisco and are only exceeded byI
New York. Boston and Baltimore.
"The coal used in the United State
for steam aud industrial purposes
about so per cent q the entire produe
tion. Wherever fuel oil has come ino
competition with coal for steam pu.
poses, IL has practically driven coal from
the field IL has done il In Russia.
is now doing it In California aud it vii
do it wherever II comes into compel.
ton with coal which has 10 be- traIs.
ported long distances
The article treats Of the Beaumont )il
as a supplier of whatever deficiency in
the fuel Tor the southwest rs well as .or
foreign shipment aud says;
There Is 40 question but that mel
oil, which can be plt aboard vessel, as
choaply as oil from the Beaumont dild.
can be delivered nc any point IN the
United States that can be reached by
water az "a price which will give IL a
great advantage over steam coal Il Is
evident that the market IN This direc-
tion alone would absorb the entire pro.
duction Of the Texas oil field at a price,
which gives It's use an advantage over
coal That this will be the case cannot
be doubted when it is considered now
sensitive industrial works Of every kind
are TO the cost Of fuel. which is only
second in importance 10 water transpor.
TALON as factor in the location and
growth OF industrial centers, and the