Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-02-13
January Pipe Line Report.

vania oil, but the consumption con-
tinues In excess of the supply and
the stocks suffered a decline OF
nearly 5000 barrels a day. On the
other hand, Buckeye runs and
shipments made gain, but the In
crease In the runs were small In
comparison with the increase In
shipments and the decline In the
net stocks was very large. The
aggregate reduction In the stocks
of Pennsylvania and Lima oils was
above $4,000 barrels day in Janu
airy.
Tie total decrease In the stocks
In iron tanks held by the various
pipe liues Ia the eastern and west
ern oil fields during January was
72o.41I barrels The net decline
during December was 546,632 bar
rels; the November decline was
500 ,2oS and the October SCI ,6e3
barrels, and the stocks of Pennsvl-
vania oil at the beginning of the
year were the smallest on record
for many years, while the Buckeye
stocks were the smallest since July
1901
During January the runs of Penn
sylvania oil averaged S4,577 barrels,
or 1899 barrels less than the aver
age tor December. For December
the runs of Pennsylvania oil aver
aged s6,1o6 barrels a day, which
was gain of 700 barrels over the
gain for November. The average
daily runs of Pennsylvania oil were
81 400 barrels In November, drop
of $50 barrels from October. The
October runs were eo,o5o barrel a
day, or 800 barrels less than the
average for September. The runs
for January a year ago averaged
S2,554 barrels day.
The total runs of Pennsylvania
oil for 1902 were 31,36o,446 barrels
or s5,e16 barrels day. The de-
crease from the figure for 1901 was
1,56e,6S7 barrels. The total runs
for the year 1901 were 32,93o,o83
barrels; for 1900. 35.4S9,559; for
1899, 32,2o7,45S barrels, and for
1898, 3I,1oo,3 300 barrels.
The shipments of Pennsylvania
oil averaged $4,000 barrels day In
January, which was decline of
7,484 barrels from the December
average In December the Penn
sylvania oil shipments averaged
1oo,574 barrels day, or 1851 bar
rels more than during November.
The shipments for November aver
aged 96,623 barrels day, or 1906
barrels below the figures for Octo-
Der. The shipments for January a
year ago averaged e7,1eS barrels.
The total shipments of Pennsyl'
vania oil for 1902 were 35,154,56o
barrels, or e6.314 barrels a day.
The total shipments for 1921 were
36,424 5I1 barrels, or the heaviest
on record. The decrease for the
past year was only 269.e5I barrels.
The shipments for 1900 were 49,
357,432 barrels; for 1899, 3o,276,-
633 barrels,and for 1898, 80, 367,63l
barrels.
In January the Pennsylvania
stocks were decreased 153,739
barrels, aud the Lima oil stocks 500,
672 barrels, making a total loss of
72o, All barrels. For December
the Pennsylvania stocks were
reduced 387,e44 barrels and the
Lima stocks 25S, 688 barrels, making
a net decline of 646,632 barrels.
This was at the rate Of over 10000
barrels day. During the month
of November the Pennsylvania
stocks were cut down 3a9,4S4 bar
rels and the Buckeye 1854 barrels
making a net decline of $4,000
barrals.
The net stocks of Lima oil held
by the Buckeye and Indiana pipe
lines decreased 7,54o, GOO barrels In
1908 and 4,634 COS barrels In 1899
and Lima stocks increased 4,433,
col barrels, and on the last of
December had reached 14,6S8,e2S
barrels. Every month OF the year
1901 witnessed a further increase.
The total gain during 1901 was
2,771,37S barrels. They made
some gains during the early part of
the past year, but since May they
have been gradually declining. The
decrease during 1902 was 453 $50
and at the close of the month they
were down to 1896 426 barrels.