Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-13
JULY PIPE LINE REPORT

Sylvdulo VA oSSio6S0 OOIf<o Uni
reIs, or 2 $40 barrels day less than
the June average. June shipments
of Pennsylvania oil were 8o,ooS
barrels aday. which as about $50
barrels a day less\than the runs
and ISL barrels more than the
average for May. The shipments
of Pennsylvania oil were 88,25G
barrels a day in May, which
presented a gain of 3,o45 barrels
over the shipments for April. A
large decline was recorded 10 the
shipments during April which aver
aged 85,2o6 barrels day, and were
! 1856 barrels below the March fig
u,es. The shipments for July year
ago averaged sc 4oS barrels. The
January shipments were the
heaviest of the present year.
During the year 1902 the stock
of Pennsylvania oil were reduced
3,721,2e4 barrels, which left them
at $500, 1877 barrels on December
81. During the first month of the
year they made a further decrease
of 153,73e barrels, which was fol-
lowed by gain of 93,o34 barrels
In February, a loss of 7e,269 bar.
rels In March, a gain of 36,113 bar
rels In April, a decrease of eS.e65
barrels In May, a gain of 1867
barrels In June and loss of 13,4o1
barrels In July, leaving them at
5,553 527 barrels on July 81. Add
ing the net stocks of the Buckeye
and other lines handling Lima oil
makes total OF 21,511 400 barrels
In iron tanks at the close of July.
Pennsylvania stocks decreased
13,4o1 barrels In July while the
Buckeye stocks were increased-37,-|
$50, making a net gain of 24,179
barrels. In June Pennsylvania
stocks were increased 1867 bar
rels and Buckeye stocks declined
l112,o26 barrels, making a net de-
crease for the month 81 32o barrels.
There was decline of 90 965 bar
rels In the net stocks of Pennsyl-
vania and of 154,49e barrels In the
net stocks of Buckeye oil, during
May, which was total decline of
253,464 barrels. This was at the
rate of s,176 barrels day.
Buckeye stocks were decreased
453,88o barrels In 1902 and at the
close of the year were down to II,
900 426 barrels. There has been
constant decline every month of
the present year with the excep-
tion of July. In January the Buc-
eye stocks were decreased 500,
In February 25o,122 barrels, In
March 11o,656 barrels, In April
1e2,156 barrels, In May 1s4.4eo
and In June 2,o26 barrels leaving
them at 1920, 295 barrels on June
80, the lowest point since April,
1901. July there was gain OF
1850 barrels which raised them
to 15,957,S75 barrels at the close of
the month.
The Trenton rock oil runs aver
aged 50. sos barrels In July, or only
613 barrels below the June average.
The runs of the Buckeye and Indl.
ana pipe lines for June were 59,918
barrelsa day and the hesViest In
the past seven years. TIE gain
over May was 4,133 barrels. The
May runs were 55,7s6 and the
April 54.7o6 barrels day. For
July a year ago, the Lima runs av-
eraged $3.50 barrels.
The shipments of Buckeye and
Indiana oil In July were ga ST bar
rels day, or 4.657 barrels below
the June average. The June ship
ments were 69.o34 barrels, or
1887 barrels. above the average
for May. These figures were
the heaviest since October,
1898 The May shipments amount.
ed to 67,oo7 barrels a day, an in
crease over the preceding month
of 633 barrels. Since June, 1902,
the Lima shipments have been
maintained above 10000 barrels a
day. The Buckeye shipments for
July, 1902, were 64.354 barrels a
day.
The runs of the Pennsylvania
and Lima oil fields were 145,384
and the shipments 15o.so5 barrels
a day In July. For June the runs
amounted to Ie7,2o7 barrels and
the shipments to 15S,o4I barrels a
day. The total runs from the
eastern and western oil fields aver
aged 1868 and the shipments
155,34S barrels In May. For April
the runs amounted to I42,343 and
the shipments to $1,000 barrels a
dav. The rms summed ND Id2 .oso