Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-06-16
Pennsylvania oil, as compared with

a year ago.
During the year 1902 the stocks
of Pennsylvania oil were reduced
| 3 72I aga barrels, which left them
at 5,6ee,I37 on December 81.
During the first month OF the year
they made a further decrease of
153,73o barrels, which was followed
by a gain OF 93,e64 barrels in Feb
ruary, loss of 1926 barrels In
March, gain of S6,113 barrels In
Apsil and a decrease of eS,965
barrels In May, leaving them at
5,547,22o barrels on May 81, which
are the smallest recorded since Jam
urary, 1896. Adding the net stocks
of the Buckeye and other lines
handling Lima oil makes total OF
FL ,57e,55o barrels In iron tanks at
the close Of May I, which, at the
present rate Of decrease, would be
exhausted In about seven years.
There was a decline of 90 1863
barrels In the net stocks of Penn
sylvaula and Of 154499 barrels In
the net stocks of Buckeye oil dur
ing May, which is total decline OF
253,464 barrels. This Is at the
rate of S,176 barrels day. The
stocks of Pennsylvania oil increas.
ed S6,113 barrels In April, while
the Buckeye stocks suffered loss
of 1o2.156 barrels, so that the net
decline In the stocks during the
month amounted to 100 ,o43 barrels,
In March the stocks of Pennsylva'
MIA were decreased 79.569 and the
stocks uf Buckeye oil 1Io.656 bar
rels, making a total decrease of
1So, e25 barrels for the month.
The net stocks OF Lima oil held
by Buckeye and Indiana pipe lines
decreased 7,54e,o6o barrels In 1898
and 4.634,965 barrels In 1899.
Different conditions prevailed In
1900, and an increase of 4,433, oo1
barrels was recorded. Every month
of 1901 witnessed further In
crease and the total gain for 1901
was 2,771,37S barrels. During the
early part of 1902 mvre gains were
made, but since May, year ago,
they have been steadily declining,
The decrease during 1902 was
453,SSo and at the close they were
down to 1896 426 barrels. In
January the Buckeye stocks were
decreased 566,e72, In February
$50, 1872 barrels, In March 11o,656
barrels, in April le2,l56 barrels
and In May 154,499 barrels.
The runs OF the Buckeye and
Indiana pipe lines were 56,7S6 bar
rels day In Nay, and the heaviest
since last October. The gain over
April was $50 barrels day, which
Is remarkably small when the great
increase in developments IS taken
into consideration. They average
54,7e6 barrels a day In April, which
was falling of of 100 barrels a
day from the average for March.
During March the Buckeye runs
were $4,000 barrals a day or ASH
barrels more than February, For
May, a year ago, the Lima runs
were 55,144 barrels a day.
The Buckeye shipments amount
ed to 67,oq7 basreis a day In May,
an increase over the proceeding
month of 633 barrels, and the
greatest of the current year. In
April the Buckeye shipments av-
eraged 66, 464 barrels day, which
was a gain of 2,224 barrels over
March and onle 426 barrels a day
behind the January record. The
shipments of Lima oil March were
e.. z3o barrels day and
were 1867 barrels below the
average for February. Since
last June the Lima shipments Have
been maintained above 90, 900 bar
rels day and last August they
reached $3.50 barrels. The Buck
eye shipments for May, 1902, were
$1,000 barrels a day.
The total runs from the Eastern
and Western oil fields averaged
1868 and the shipments I55,34s
barrels In May. For April the
runs amounted 70 I42,343 and the
shipments to Isl 1869 barrels day.
The runs for the eastern anc
western oil fields summed up 1872,
o5e barrels day In March and the
shipments to 154,33o barrels. The
aggregate runs were 1872 900 barrel:
and the shipments 144,43o barrels
a day In February. The total run:
for January were 137,54o barrels
and the shipments averaged $780,,