Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-14

barrels, which was gain of II. 567
barrels over the average for Feb
ruary. The Pennsylvania oil ship
ments for February were only 49,
524 barrels a day, which was ID, 500
barrels below the January average
and the smallest on record for
nearly four years. The shipments
for June year ago averaged 90, 2S3
barrels. The January shipments
were the heaviest of the pres
ent year.
During the year 1902 the stocks
of Pennsylvania oil were reduced
1921, 2o4 barrels which left them
at 5,699,137 barrels on December
81. During the first month of the
year they made a further decrease
of 1s3,739 barrel, which was fol,
lowed by a gain of 93,e64 barrels In
February, loss of 79,269 barrels In
March, a gain of 86,II3 barrels In
April, a decrease of 90, e65 barrels
In May and gain of 1867 barrels
in June, leaving them at $3.50, 926
barrels on June 80. Adding the net
stocks of the Buckeye and other
lines handling Lima oil makes a
total of 21,488,22I barrels In iron
tanks at the close of June.
Where Pennsylvania stocks were
increased 1867 barrels In June.
Buckeye stocks declined 112. o2o
barrels, making a net decrease for
the month 92,o65 barrels In the net
stocks of Pennsylvania and of 1884,
400 barrels In the net stocks OF
Buckeye oil during May. which
was total decline of253,464 barrels.
This was at the rate of 8,176
barrels day. The stocks of Penn
sylvania oil increased 86,113 barrels
In April, while the Buckeye stocks
suffered a loss of 1o2.I56 barrels,
so that the net decline In the stocks
during the month amounted to
zoe ,c43 barrels.
Buckeye stocks were decreased
453 $50 barrels In 1902, and at tie
close of the year were down to H.
zoo, 426 barrels. There has been a
constant decline every month OF
the present year. In January the
Buckeye stocks were decreased
566,672, In February 25o,122 bar
rels, In March 11o,656 barrels, In
April 192,156 barrels, In May 1884,
4oo barrels and In June 112,o26
barrels, leaving them at 15,92o,295
barrels on June 80, the lowest point
since April 1901.
The runs of the Buckeye and
Indiana pipe lines for June were
5e,e1S barrels day, and the heav-
lest In the past seven years. The
gain over May was 4,133 barrels.
The May runs were 55,7S6 and the
April 54.796 barrels day. For
June, year ago, the Lima runs
averaged 55,324 barrels.
The Buckeye shipments for June
were 69,o34 barrels or 1887 bar
rels above the average for May.
These figures are the heaviest since
October, 1898. The May ship.
ments amounted to 67o97 barrels
day, an increase over the preceding
month of 633 barrels. In April the
Buckeye shipments averaged Ct, 464
barrels a day, which was gain oil
2,224 barrels over March. Since
last June the Lima shipments have
been maintained above go, 900 bar
rels a day. The Buckeye ship
ments for June, 1902, were 64,35r
barrels day
The ,ruhs of the Pennsylvania
and Buckeye oil fields amounted to
lag, POT barrels and the shipments
to 17S,o41 barrels day In June.
The total runs from the Eastern
and Western oil fields averaged
139, 623 and the shipments 155,34S
barrels In May. For April the, runs
amounted to 142,343 and the ship
ments to 1860 barrels a day
The runs summed up 142,o5e bar
rels dap In March and the ship
ments to 154,33o barrels. The
aggregate runs were 1872, 900 barrels
and the shipments 144,43o barrels
a day In February. The total runs
for January were 137,54o barrels
and the shipments averaged 1897