The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-31

its properties and best methods OF
4 handling the loss cBn be reduced ~
a minimum Of per cent TO 4 per
cent. The erroneous tdCHa and
prejudices held by many refucrs
agnins; 10 use, developed from tho
knowledge that BOme few largo users
had experienced tremendous losses,
that would have been ruinous TO the
ordinary refiner. In condcmninR the
use Of the product they have failed
20 take into consideration the TACT
that In every case whore the re-
suits Mad been unsatisfactory Il hnd
been the practice 10 rcdistlll tho nat
unai gasoline In the presence OF ben
zine and no method had been provid-
ed for recovering the vapors that
were not condensed In the ordinary
refinery operation.
Not long ago, reflners. almost uni
VERBALLY. arranged their cuts accord D.
ing 10 their gravity requirements
and while II depended altogether
upon the particular crude they were
running. ia many cases II was necos-
sary 10 cut considerably below the
end point allowed In order 90 make
the required gravity. Now they aRe
able to cut for end point only and
build the gravity up by the addition
gasoline. From many circles 1t Is
possible. by operating In this man
ner 10 take off a thin cut Of high
gravity, low end-point, straight run,
usually ss-70. which is used for
special purposes and commands n
premium price. This method nssur
the maximum gasoline yield for
slsimming plant operation and has
resulted In an appreciable increase
over the yields obtained by preious
methods.
The principal advantage TO he
gained by tho use or natural gasoline
is the raising Of gravity and lowering
OF initial boiling points with a prod
uct less valuable than the high grav-
ity straight run which must be LETT
in tho gasoline unloss natural gaso-
line is used. Even though there be
no cut of tho high gravity taken off
there are many crudes that will pro-
duce n product too low in gravity. or
with too high an initial boiling point.
or both. II cut for end-point IRE
spec:ive OF gravity.
These facts are now well known
tos all refiners and account for the
increase in demand for the product
which has been sufficient to keep
pace with the increase in production.
on account of this strengthened
position natural gasoline II now bet
ter able to withstand the seasonal
declines than ever before.
Quite n number OF large contracts
for shipment over tho year 1923
have already been made and from all
indications the dema1d through the
winter will be such that these prod
ucts will he such that these products
win not assume the low levels eX-
perienced in past winters. The In
creased production OF low gravity
crude. together with the decrease In
production of light crude. ts already
having its effect on the natural gaso-
line market In past years. during
winter months, large quantities OF
natural gasoline WIS run to storage
as there was little or no demand for
II during the season of minimum
gasoline consumption. This condition
daes not prevail at this time and 1t
IL doubtful II the slackeniug IN de-
mand over the coming winter
months will be such ms will result In
large stocks being accumulated.
There are two reasons for this con-
ciusion: First. the almost universal
use OF the product among refiners;
second, tho ct eady elimination OF the
seasonal gasoline demand.
The rapid strides IN good road
oonstrActio and tho Increased use
of lnctbsed automobiles will. no
doubt in time. leave seasonal de-
mand" Rs a memory only.
Summing up the development OF