Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-06-20

IL Win inc luth lldl ne was phlAlHF
thorn In the flesh Of the Prairie on
q Gas co. There is little speculation
on what the outcome Of the decision
will be. II has been declared for many
years that pipe lines should be conn
mon carriers and that II was practical
for them 10 deliver the oil of other
parties. The pipe lines have contonded
otherwise. The theory Of both is now
10 be fully tested
The Gulf Refining Co. has Issued a
handsomely illustrated pamphlet Civ
ing all the statistics for the year l9l l,
The Introductory review is as follows:
A new record in the production Of
crude petroleum, and heavy increase
| In the volume Of business transacted
q. 4. 960S, ii .2ln ETA
/ in all branches of the oil trade, made
1911 the most notable year In the his
tory OF this industry In the Southwest,
embracing oklahoma, Texas and
Louisiana.
Oklahoma, occupying first place
among the states In yield of light
crude, attained its greatest output "a,
| 34O,070 barrels, "A clear gain Of 1891,
9j4 barrels over 1910.
Louisiana, with l2,7S4,S90 barrels OF
crude to its credit, registered net
Increase Of 5.494,4l3 barrels over It's
1910 production, and Texas, with an
output Of s,632,SSS barrels. made a
gain of 29,026 barrels compared with
the preceding year.
The Southwest. as a whole, produced
| 75,757.767 barrels of crude petroleum
in 1911, constituting considerably more
than one-third of the output OF the
United States, and recording an IN
crease of 9,454,393 barrels over its
1910 yield.
Despite the enlarged demand. there
was an addition of l,79S,S93 barrels
to the reserve stocks of crude held
in the MidContinent Field (Oklahoma
and Kansas by the Prairie OIL &
Gas company, the Gulf Pipe Line COM
pany and other trunk pipe lines, bring
ing the total quantity Of such stocks
up to 49,4l2.203 barrels at the close
of 1911. Further reserves OF Okla
homa, Texas and Louisiana crude,
amounting to nearly 100000 barrels
are stored in the tanks of the CUR
Pipe Line company and others In
Texas and Louisiana.
That the movement Of oil increase Is
demonstrated by gain Of 2,l77,7bo
barrels in the deliveries of Oklahoma
crude Uncluding Kansas ell handled
by the Prairie Oil and Gas company
through the lines Of the Gulf Pipe Line
company and the two other companies
operating trunk lines from the Mid
Continent field to tidewater connec-
tions. Further evidence of this in
crease is found in the record Of vessel
shipments from Port Arthur, Tex,
(the terminus of the Gulf company's
trunk pipe line system) and Sabine,
Tex. The gain in this item, including
both crude oil and refinery products,
was 1,229,193 barrels.
From Port Arthur the movement
of oil by vessels in 1911 amounted to
9,9s9,SS4 barrels, of which the Gulf
Refining company loaded 6,649, 049
barrels, composing 665 per cent Of the
entire quantity. Refinery products
made up S,617,429 barrels Of the Port
Arthur shipments, the Gulf Refining
company delivering 6,1S6,963 barrels,
or IT'S per cent, of the total loadngs.
The movement of oil by vessels from
Sabine Qncluding 1,444 barrels load
ed at Beaumont amounted to 1,947, ,705
WHICH,, hduSu " thN va
Arthur deliveries. makes the gross
shipments from both ports for the
year 11,937,5S9 barrels.
Increased crude oil production and
the consequent growth in the manu-
featuring and marketing departments
of the business necessitated the con-
struction by the Gulf Pipe Line COM
pany of more than 400 miles of ad-
ditional pipe line. and the erection by
the Gulf Refining company of new
refinery at Fort Worth, Tex. This plant
Is conveniently located to meet the
growing demands of the company's
trade in the Industrial centers Of North
Texas A six-inch pipe line, l36 miles
long and passing through Dallas,
Greenville and other North Texas
cities, connects the refinery with the
Gulf Pipe Line company's' main Ok
lahoma Port Arthur trunk line.
During the year the Gulf Refining
company also added 200 new tank cars
of the latest type to its transporta-
ton equipment, and placed the order
for a 50,000-barrel tank steamer.
which will be ready in August, 1912, to
augment the Gulf company's already
large fleet of oil-carrying vessels. The
new ship will bear the name "Gulfoil."
1t will embody every modern feature
OF tank steamer construction and rank
as the finest vessel in its class.