Evening star., 1942-07-08
Sufficient Oil
For East Seen by
End OF Year
Plans for Facilities
Revealed After Fund
Wins Approval
Earlier Story on Page AID

/ B! the Associated Press
Delivery of sufficient oil to the
gasoline-rationed East Coast by
the end of this year to meet it's
daily requirements was forecast
today by J. R. Parten, director of
transportation in the petroleum
co-ordinator's office.
Chairman Bailey of the Senate
Commerce Committee made public
Mr.. Parten's report after the COM
mittee had approved, II to 3, a
measure authorizing expenditures of
s93 900 900 to construct a barge canal
across Florida. a pipe line across
the same State, another pipe line
from Mississippi to the East Coast
and to enlarge the Gulf -Intercoastal
waterway.
Estimating overland movement of
Oil to the East Coast at 954 900 bar
relS daily on June 20, Mr.. Parten
wrote the committee that pipe line
Encouragement and construction
program now under way would add
approximately 275,0O0 barrels a day
to the East's supply when all
projects were completed later in the
year.
1929, 900 Barrels Daily.
He estimated that deliveries by
tankers would reach 100000 barrels
daily, boosting total potential de-
llveries to 1923, 900 barrels.
East Coast requirements this year
have averaged 1867 900 barrels
daily, he said, forecasting the pos
sibility of $4,000 daily surplus in
deliveries. Mr.. Parten added, how
ever. that this potential surplus was
likely to be eaten up by an increase
in the demand because of the ac-
celeration of the war program.
Included among projects listed by
Mr.. Parten was construction of a
24-inch pipeline delivering 100000
barrels of oil daily from Longview,
Tex, to Southern Illinois which he
said would free $500 additional rail-
road tank cars when considered in
the light of the present haul from
texas 10 t0e East coast.
Mr.. Parten listed these other prof.
ects to be undertaken:
Reversal of Tuscarora pipeline and
installation of additional equipment
to increase 10000 barrels daily move
ment of crude from Texas to Chicago
and increase movement $4,000 bar
rels daily eastward Increase 10000
barrels; completion November Is.
Other Projects Listed
Construction of 60,000-barrel line
from Beaumont, Tex, to Baton
Rouge, La, to connect with Plan
tation pipeline and extension OF lat
ter from Greensboro, N. c., to near
Norfolk. Increase 10000 barrels,
completion November IS.
Construction of 10000 barrel line
from Fostoria, Ohio, connecting with
system at Akron Ohio. Increase
10000 barrels, completion Septem-
ber 30.
Reversal of Keystone-Atlantic gas
oline line and increase in movement
through Socony-Vacuum line from
Buffalo, N. Y, to feed Sun pipeline
going south. Increase, 10000 bar
rels; completion, August l.
Reversal and extension OF line
from Port Arthur, Tex, to Ell Dorado,
Ark; reversal of 6-inch line between
Shreveport. La, and Port Arthur,
construction of 150-miie l0-inch line
from El Dorado, Ark, to Helena,
Ark. Increase, $4,000 barrels; COM
pletion, November l.
Reversal of 12-inch line between
East Texas and Houston for delivery
of 10000 barrels daily of refined
products from Houston to the East
Texas field. Construction of l2-lnch
pipeline from East Texas to Pa
ducah. KY. Increase, 10000 barrels;
completion, December 81.
Waterway Shipments.
Gulf -Intercoastal waterway move
ment by wooden barge from Texas
ports to Panama City, Fla, for de-
livery of $4,000 barrels daily of resi-
dual fuel oil, transported by tank
car to Norfolk Increase, $4,000 bar
rels daily.
Steel barge movement of $4,000
barrels daily from Texas ports to
Port st. joe Fla, by existing barge
equipment and transportation across
Florida by a proposed 8-inch line
under consideration by the Recon-
Struction Finance Corp. Increase,
$4,000 barrels; completion, Octo-
Der 81.
The pipeline barge canal legisla-
ton, already passed by the House,
will be taken up by the Senate a
week from today by agreement, Sen
ator Vandenberg. Republican, of
Michigan said He and Chairman
Bailey, along with Senator Burton,
Republican, of Ohio voted against
the bill.