The story of Pittsburgh: Petroleum and natural gas : in two parts, part two

Petroleum and natural gas : in two parts, part two (Vol. 1, nr. 11)

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Identifikator:: 1831622599

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Title:: The story of Pittsburgh

Place of publication:: Pittsburgh

Publisher:: First National Bank

Year of publication:: 1919-1930

Collection:: Economics Books

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Identifikator:: 1831623528

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-239829

Document type:: Volume

Title:: Petroleum and natural gas : in two parts, part two

Volume count:: Vol. 1, nr. 11

Place of publication:: Pittsburgh

Publisher:: First National Bank

Year of publication:: 1924

Scope:: [ca. 38] Seiten

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: The Pure Oil Co.

Collection:: Economics Books

they number 88,000. Then it had but 500 employees. Ten years have added. 7,000 to the payroll. Ten years ago the company did not own a single refinery. Last January the ninth Pure Oil Refinery was put into oper- ation, bringing the company’s daily refining capacity up to 15,000 barrels. Its few miles of pipe lines have grown and branched out until they now extend 2,675 miles. It was quite natural that Pennsylvania, “the cradle of the oil ndustry,” should be selected by the Pure Oil Company as he location for some of its most important operations. The Marcus Hook Refinery, located on a 62 acre tract sixteen miles south of Philadelphia, has a daily capacity of 3,500 barrels. The bulk of the company’s export business is handled from this point owing to the advantageous loading facilities and deep water frontage. A tank storage farm with a capacity of one million barrels is operated in conjunction with the refinery. This is the terminus of the pipe line of the Pure Oil Pipe Line Company. The six inch main extends from Morgantown, West Virginia, almost the entire length of Pennsylvania. Another pipe line crosses the state from Warren and connects with the main line in southwestern Pennsvlvania. There are 48 pumping stations located in Pennsylvania in connection with this pipe line system. More than eleven hundred miles of main and gathering lines complete the net- work that gathers oil from Eastern Ohio, Northern West Virginia and Western Pennsylvania. Headquarters of the Pure Oil Pipe Line Company are established in the First National Bank Building, Pittsburgh, nm charge of Mr. L.. S. Devol. Export offices of the company are located in the Lafayette Building, Philadelphia. Warren, Pennsylvania, has been the scene of refining activities since 1888, when the Cornplanter Refining Company began oper- ations there. This 2,000 barrel daily capacity refinery was taken over by Pure Oil Company in 1917. As a distributor of oil products in Pennsylvania, Pure iI Company has bulk distributing plants at Parsons, Pitts- WP

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