San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-25
1,OS5, 900 BARRELS OF OIL
DAILY OUTLET CAPACITY OF
MEXICAN PETROLEUM. FIEL DIS
Companies Waste $25O.OoO Month Because of F all.
ure to Agree on System of Transporting Over
One System and Loading From
Single Terminal

Tampico, March 24.-Total pipe and
barge line outlet capacity of Mexican
oil fields (Southern and Panuco dis
tricts) on January l, 1923. was l..
0S5, 900 barrels daily. OF this amount,
$4,000 barrels of the pipe line capaci-
ty was in the southern Eight OLD dis
trict from the wells to either, Tampico,
Tuxpam or sea-loading stations on the
gulf.
The length of the trunk line system
covering this field, figuring only the
length of the longest individual line
of each company, was $50 miles,
though the actual miles of line is sew
eral times this. There were in all
fifteen eight-inch lines and nine en-
inch lines with four ten-inch, two
eight-inch and one six-inch loops.
The first line constructed was by the
Huasteca Petroleum Company in 1910.
Their daily capacity from wells in
Chapapote Nuhez, TERRA Blanca. Ger
TO Azul, and Casiano was 10000 bar
rles with the longest line extending
100 miles. The Mexican Eagle sub
sidiary had a 133,0O0-barrel daily ca
pacity from its wells to either Tuxpam
or Tampico.
Move Old Lines.
The Transcontinental Petroleum
Company had a daily capacity of a.
600 barrel from the field to its sea-
loading station at Mata Redonda on
the coast but part of its lines have
been taken up since January l, for use
IN ha Afx.r f.alI
production having dropped TO 1000 bar
rels daily.
Several attempts have been made
by companies operating in the south
ern district, 10 combine production in
the field, transport over one system
and load at one terminal, thus elm
mating the operation of various field
pump stations as well as enabling the
closing. of all but one terminal on
the gulf.
All efforts in this direction have
failed, however, because the COM
panies have been unable to reach an
agreement for the price to be paid the
owner of the flow line and sea-load-
ing station selected for the handling
OF each company's production. 1t is
estimated that the operation of I'M
necessary plants and lines is causing
a waste of not less than $3.50, 900
monthly.
Run 10000 Barrels a Day.
Pipe line capacity in the Northern
or Panuco district on January !. 1923,
consisting of lines owned by the Dutch
Shell into Chijol, on the Panuco river
east of Tampico, was $4,000 barrels
daily but the construction OF an ad-
ditional 1O-inch loop since then from
practically Panuco to Topila have in
creased its delivering capacity to 40
600 barrels daily. The East Coast
have a 200O0-barrel line into its
Torres terminal near Tampico, while
the New England Fuel Oil Company
are able to flow the same amount into
its Santa Marguerite loading station,
likewise near Tampico. The combined
trunk line length Of these three sys-
TENS is so miles.
Barge line capacity in this district
was 151 900 barrels daily on January
This covers the maximum amount
it was possible to transport from lead
ing racks on the Panuco river by
means Of bargers TO tanker side at
terminals at Tampico.
The combined equipment Of the COM
panies engaged in this transportation
was ten tugboats, twelve stern-wheel-
ers, brought from the Mississippi
river. and 100 barges with a combined
carrying capacity of S51 900 barrels.
Eighty-one of these barges were Of
wooden construction, ranging in ca
pacity from $500 to 10000 barrels
each. with total of $50, 500 barrels,
while the other II barges were steel.
from $500 to 10000 barrels
each. with total capacity of o91 900
barrels.
On January I, the Transcontinental