Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-05
PETROLEUM TRADE
FACILITIES LARGER
Industry Makes Increase in
Number of RefinerieS
During Year.
BY the Associated Press.

BY tie Associated Press.
TULSA, okla, March 5.-Petrolsum
refiners uuickened- step in TIL, last IL
mcn3ns instead of following in tie slow
er pa lbs of other industries
Presenting its 1881 survey or ref1neJ =
ies in tie United states, The o.! & Gas
Journal will say in this weeks ssue the
refining branch Of. Fhe petroleum IN
dustry experienced the greatest expnn-
sion year in its history in the IL
months ended March i, o period marked
by cLrtailment policies in othE' indus
tries.
Twenty-six New RefinerIes.
During the year 26 additional re-
fineries were placed in operation and
81 new plants were rcnstructe.. for pro-
ducing gasoline by cracking ire heavy
residue oils left after straight 'ln dis
tillation, the Journals survey shows.
AT many refineries the daily rude OF! OIL
capacity was increased. The surrey
reflects also an extensive prJSram to
improve the standards of refineries.
part OF the growth in pla" faclli-
ties" the Journal will say las been
the result of a number of major nIer-
gers. To correlate their consolidated
operations these fefinerS, in most cases,
have completed many changes at their
plants. This phase of refinery growth
Is 6ADECJSu 10 ulCIStSe III A4iSOl td4'SG
during the coming year"
The survey shows there are 388 act't E
refineries i'll the United Stat, an in
crease of three over the previous rcco d
year, 1925. The number of crackiI g
plants was increased to 207 The daily
crude oil capacity of the operating re-
fnerieS March / totaled 1859, 100 bar
rels and the daily capacity of the crack
ing plants was 1,828959 barrels These
figures represent increases over the to-
tai daily capacities on March 1880. OF
1890 barrels for the straight run
plants and 1923, $50 barrels for the cras'k-
ing plants.
"a shift in emphasis in refinery OPP
erations is seen in the growth Of
cracking facilities at the plants" the
journal will say.
The survey will reveal more than 103
shut down refinerieS in the United
States with a total daily capacity of
PSI 200 barrels. During the l2-month
period Is obsolete plants were partly or
completely dismantled, representing a
loss in daily capacity of $3.50 barrels.
New Phase of Refining.
A new phase of refining operation is
reflected in the report. This is in con-
nection with the progress of work in
developing INCORPORATION in the United
states and Canada. More thansa score
of the larger refinery operators have
been announced as prospective licensees
of the company organized to handle
rights to use of the INCORPORATION pro-
cess of the Standard Oil Co. Of New
Jersey and the I. G. Farbenindustrte A.
G.. of Germany.
Standard OH Co. of New Jersey is
operating a 5,o0o-barrel hydrogsnation
plant at Baywan, N. j., while Standard
Oil Co. of Louisiana, subsidiary, is
completing a INCORPORATION plant at
Baton Rouge, La. Humble Oil d Re-
timing Co., another subsidiary, is build
ing a similar plant at Baytown, Tex,
and Imperial Oil, Ltc., representative
of the Standard Oil Co. OF New jersey
in Canada. has announced plans to
construct INCORPORATION plant in that
country.